Loved itthis is brutal he gets you know ugly and power in Kabul that sometimes feels like a punch in the gut however it's somehow will be hopeful acid now
Woman at Point Zero (1983)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive From her prison cell, Firdaus, sentenced to die for having killed a pimp in a Cairo street, tells of her life from village childhood to city prostitute. Society's retribution for her act of defiance - death - she welcomes as the only way she can finally be free.
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