Seven Winters in Tehran - English subtitled
Documentary about brave Iranian Reyhaneh Jabbari who, when she was nineteen, killed a man who threatened to rape her. Her death sentence can be commuted if the victim's family forgives her.
Reyhaneh Jabbari’s life changed forever when the man she thought she had a business meeting with, locked the door and threatened to rape her. Picking up a knife from the table, Reyhaneh stabbed him and fled. After the man died from his wounds, she was charged with murder. In a grossly unfair trial – the judge said Reyhaneh should have let herself be raped and file a complaint later – she was sentenced to ‘blood revenge’ – a death sentence where the execution is commuted if the victim’s family forgives the perpetrator.
Her mother, father and sisters offer gripping testimonies, and have documented their fight to revoke the sentence with secretly recorded videos. Most impressive of all are Reyhaneh’s letters from prison. These are beautiful, harrowing, sensitive letters, full of detail about her life in prison, her fellow inmates, her memories and convictions. Truly awe-inspiring story of an Iranian heroine. (source: www.moviesthatmatter.nl)