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Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
A lurid tale of sex and psychosis is among the wildest of the Gainsborough melodramas. Set in Italy, it begins as a comparatively sedate tale about a respectable, convent-raised woman who is haunted by the memory of being raped as a teenager. But when her grown daughter returns from school, her life begins to unravel in monumentally surprising ways.
Series
Criterion collection volume 850
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma. A college student attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic whose kindness unfortunately takes an unsettling turn. Startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism, the film represents one of the purest on-screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of artists around New York's Actors Studio, which transformed American...
Series
Criterion collection volume 321
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
Swedish
Description
A peasant girl is raped and murdered in 14th century Sweden. When her killers seek shelter in her father's house, he kills them to avenge her death. Soon a spring appears from where the girl was killed and her father sees this as a sign from above.
4) Speak
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Speak unfolds a story about Melinda, a smart and spirited high school freshman who retreats into self-imposed silence after she is raped one night at a party. Eventually through her work in art class, she begins to reach out to others.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Arabic
Description
"When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors."--
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
Türkçe
Description
When a young woman is raped, village custom requires an honor killing. The son of the village leader is given the task, but at the last moment has doubts. He and the young woman go on the run, followed by local thugs intent on killing her. Luckily, they meet up with an ex-university professor who is embarking on a sailing trip, and needs a crew. All three set forth together on a voyage that will change all of their lives.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A housemaid, who is sexually abused by her boss and made pregnant, is forced to give up her son in order to go on with her education. Six years later she comes back to claim her son. From Malawi comes this moving story about sexual abuse, women rights and the legal justice system in Malawi.
8) Bliss
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Türkçe
Description
Based on the acclaimed novel by Zülfü Livaneli and set amidst Turkey’s natural wonders, Bliss is a riveting tale about love, honor, freedom and redemption. When a 17-year-old girl, Meryem, is found unconscious and disheveled by the side of a lake, her family believes the worst – that her chastity has been lost. To uphold the family honor they turn to an ancient moral code that condemns Meryem to death. A distant cousin, Cemal, is ordered to...
9) Clarissa
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The original tale of fatal attraction and dangerous liasons. A wealthy young heiress, famed for her virtue, is sought by a man wishing to seduce and destroy her reputation. For the first time in his life he becomes genuinely infatuated with his prey, and sows the seeds of his own fate.
11) Disgrace
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After an affair with a student ruins his career, a professor moves to the Eastern Cape countryside with his daughter where they become victims of a violent attack.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
Description
Fausta tiene la "teta asustada", una enfermedad que se transmite por la leche materna de las mujeres que fueron violadas o maltratadas durante la guerra del terrorismo en el Perú. La guerra acabó, pero Fausta vive para recordarla porque la "enfermedad del miedo" le ha robado el alma. Ahora la súbita muerte de su madre la obligará a enfrentarse a sus miedos y al secreto que oculta en su interior: ella se ha introducido una patata en la vagina,...
14) Sudden impact
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Ten years after the crime, a gang rape victim is killing her violators one-by-one, and Callahan is sent to investigate.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"From the makers of 'The Invisible War' comes a startling expose of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses, their institutional cover-ups and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. Weaving together vérité footage and first person testimonies, the film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue--despite incredible pushback, harassment and traumatic aftermath--both their education and...
16) Precious
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain,...
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