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      Dying to Divorce

      2021 1h 22m Documentary List
      100% 7 Reviews Tomatometer Filmed over 5 years, DYING TO DIVORCE takes viewers into the heart of Turkey's gender-based violence crisis and the political events that have severely eroded democratic freedoms. Through intimately shot personal stories, the film gives a unique perspective on the struggle to be an independent woman in modern Turkey. More than one in three Turkish women have experienced domestic abuse and the number of femicides is rising. But some Turkish women are fighting back. Ipek Bozkurt, a courageous lawyer, is determined to challenge this misogynistic trend by putting abusive men behind bars. Working with a group of activists, Ipek fights to get justice for two survivors of horrific assaults: Arzu, married at 14 and Kubra, a successful TV presenter. Ipek struggles not only against a biased legal system but an increasingly repressive government. After an attempted coup, there is an unprecedented crackdown on dissenting voices, leaving Ipek, like thousands of other lawyers, fearing imprisonment. Read More Read Less

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      Craig Mathieson The Age (Australia) It is a bleak situation, without a quick solution, but the courage of the women fighting these battles is quietly inspiring as they make the life and death stakes unfailingly clear. May 26, 2022 Full Review Fionnuala Halligan Screen International It's a horrifyingly effective presentation of stories which need to be told, over and over and over again, until attitudes change, in Turkey and elsewhere. Dec 17, 2021 Full Review Guy Lodge Variety Chloë Fairweather's film - the U.K.'s international Oscar entry - occasionally strains to merge personal narrative and systemic analysis in its slender runtime, but it's powerful all the same. Nov 28, 2021 Full Review Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) It might not surprise you to learn that Turkey's legal system is blighted by sexist bias, but the cases outlined in Chloe Fairweather's documentary are especially shocking. Rated: 4/5 Dec 8, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Filmed over 5 years, DYING TO DIVORCE takes viewers into the heart of Turkey's gender-based violence crisis and the political events that have severely eroded democratic freedoms. Through intimately shot personal stories, the film gives a unique perspective on the struggle to be an independent woman in modern Turkey. More than one in three Turkish women have experienced domestic abuse and the number of femicides is rising. But some Turkish women are fighting back. Ipek Bozkurt, a courageous lawyer, is determined to challenge this misogynistic trend by putting abusive men behind bars. Working with a group of activists, Ipek fights to get justice for two survivors of horrific assaults: Arzu, married at 14 and Kubra, a successful TV presenter. Ipek struggles not only against a biased legal system but an increasingly repressive government. After an attempted coup, there is an unprecedented crackdown on dissenting voices, leaving Ipek, like thousands of other lawyers, fearing imprisonment.
      Director
      Chloë Fairweather
      Producer
      Natasha Dack, Leslie Finlay, Christina Asquith
      Production Co
      Aldeles AS, Dying to Divorce ltd
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Runtime
      1h 22m
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