Love Crimes of Kabul (2011)

Original title

Love Crimes Of Kabul

Directed by

Tanaz Eshaghian

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 11m

Rating

3.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows women imprisoned in Kabul for moral crimes like adultery or running away from home. It shows their daily lives and the reasons they were jailed.

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What happens

Love Crimes of Kabul is a 2011 documentary film following select cases of inmates at Badam Bagh women's prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, where half are jailed for "moral crimes" such as adultery, premarital sex and running away from home. "If they were good women, they wouldn't be here," says a prison guard at the beginning of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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