Stone Silence

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Country:Poland

Director:Krysztof Kopczynski

Program:Contemporary World Cinema

Year: 
2007

Duration: 
51

Summary:

In April 2005 the world heard the news that in a village of Spingul in northern Afghanistan a 29 year-old woman has been publicly stoned for adultery. This documentary begins five years before the aforementioned event broke over international media waves causing a stir on news programs and talk shows. It follows Amina who was given away by her family to be married to Muhammad. Right after the wedding however, Muhammad left his new bride to find work in Iran. Then Karim appeared in her life. Drawn to each other, they started seeing each other in secret, but the two were eventually caught together and accused of violating the law. The film follows their affair, trial and punishment with piercing candour.