Brave Miss World《最勇敢的世界小姐》
VIEW EVENT DETAILSThe 16th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
The 16th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival Screening
Screening: 11:30am
Brave Miss World
《最勇敢的世界小姐》
Directed by Cecilia Peck
88 mins | USA, Israel, Italy, South Africa | 2014 | Documentary/ Biography/ Drama | English, Italian and Hebrew with English and Chinese subtitles
Israeli beauty queen Linor Abargil was abducted and raped in Milan two months before being crowned Miss World in 1998. Ten years later, she resolved to confront her past and returns to Italy to find the prosecutor who collaborated with Israeli authorities to arrest the serial rapist. Now a globe-trotting victims’ advocate, Linor encourages others to stand against sexual violence by putting an end to their silence. Abargil’s progression from rape victim to empowered activist/attorney, and her journey of becoming more religiously observant, is moving and brave in this uplifting documentary. Linor is an unforgettable heroine.
以色列裔佳麗莉娜·阿巴吉爾在米蘭慘遭綁架性侵,事發兩個月後, 莉娜當選1998年世界小姐。遊歷世界過後的莉娜鼓勵所有有著相同遭遇的受害人,千萬不要只是沉默,呼籲各界正視性暴力問題。由國際反性暴力運動至荷里活的鎂光燈下,莉娜一直都得到很多支持。而與此同時,積極推廣反性暴力運動卻讓那些慘痛經歷再一次浮現,莉娜在正統猶太教中找到了心靈的慰藉。莉娜在事發後首次回到意大利,與檢察官及以色列政府合作拘捕連環強暴犯。 在冥冥之中命運的安排下,莉娜遇到了另一位被同一強暴犯在同一埸境遭性侵的女性。 與性暴力抗戰,受害者在這征途仍有漫漫長路。莉娜·阿巴吉爾 - 最勇敢的世界小姐,也會繼續以她不畏縮的精神去對抗這些惡行。
AWARDS:
Chicago International Film Festival: Audience Choice Award 2013
NOMINATIONS:
Primetime Emmy Awards: Exceptional Merit in Documentary Film-making
PRESS:
“The essential documentary of 2014.” – Mark Warren, Executive Editor, Esquire
“Impassioned and inspiring.” – LA Times
“The coming together of two remarkable women, Linor and documentary filmmaker Cecilia Peck.” – Amy Goodman, Democracy Now.
Festival Inquiries
Asia Society Hong Kong Center
Tel:(852) 2103 9511
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Event Details
Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty