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Provoked: A True Story
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- Summary: When a battered Punjabi housewife sets her abusive husband on fire and kills him, she is sentenced to life in prison. There, she befriends a woman who teaches her English and encourages her to appeal her case.
- Director: Jag Mundhra
- Genre(s): Drama
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75For all the gushy feelings, the plight of women like Kiranjit, bound not only by domineering, often physically abusive husbands but by racism and oppressive cultural traditions as well, is poignantly portrayed.
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58Based on a true story, this Indian variation on a theme of "The Burning Bed" emphasizes the psychological freedom the inmate finds behind bars.
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50There's an interesting movie in here, too, about the isolation of Indian brides brought to a new country by strange new husbands and mistreated, but Provoked rarely ducks below its glossy surface to go there.
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38Most of the ingredients for a strong, tough film are there, and they have been sadly botched by a few key collaborators.
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