Submission (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Submission |
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| Country of production | Netherlands |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 12 minutes |
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| Director | Theo van Gogh |
| script | Theo van Gogh, Ayaan Hirsi Ali |
Submission (German: submission , Arabic: al-chudūʿ ) is an 11-minute short film by the Dutch director Theo van Gogh based on the script by Ayaan Hirsi Ali , a former member of the lower house of the People's Party for Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD).
The film criticizes the oppression, mistreatment and abuse of women with reference to Islam . Hirsi writes that her intention was to show the absolutism with which a Muslim woman is expected to submit to the will of God / Allah and his words written in the Koran. She wanted a change in the relationship between God and man, from a relationship of total submission to dialogue. The film was only shown on Dutch public television ( VPRO ) on August 29, 2004 .
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Submission shows a young Muslim woman, Amina, who reveals her feelings to God, Allah, in an inner monologue presented as a prayer. This spokeswoman speaks for the following women.
The first woman we meet has been flogged. She tells of the love for Rahman and how the relationship between the two has developed, of a complaint for extramarital sex and that Rahman was able to leave the country with the help of his father, but she herself was convicted and flogged - under Appeal to the Koran.
This is followed by a caesura , the spokeswoman now tells of the second woman who was forcibly married against her will as a 16-year-old and has since been continuously raped by her husband , who refers to the Koranic verse.
The third wife is beaten by her husband, again with reference to a verse from the Koran.
The fourth woman is completely veiled and reports how much she would like to feel the wind and freedom, but that she never did so in order to be obedient to the will of God / Allah. Her story is that of an incestuous rape by her uncle, her father's brother. When she turns to her parents about this, her father orders her not to question his brother's honor. The actress then reports that the uncle refrains from regular house calls after it is known that she is pregnant. She is now afraid of being murdered by her father because of this pregnancy. She turns to God / Allah and asks for help and closes with the words: "I wonder how much longer I am able to submit!"
Throughout the film, verses from the Koran that legitimize the mistreatment are applied to exposed - naked - body parts of the actress, such as B. arms and back projected. Acoustically, the film scenes are z. Sometimes accompanied with lashes. It is also noteworthy that the film shows the fictional Muslim woman fully veiled, but the more or less prescribed covering is transparent on the front and therefore lets the female body shine through.
Assassination attempt on van Gogh
On November 2, 2004, the Islamist Mohammed Bouyeri murdered Theo van Gogh. He shot at Van Gogh, cut his throat when he was already on the ground, and then stabbed the body with a knife with a letter in which he attributed the murder to Van Gogh's film and his views on Islam. He called for jihad against the infidels, the USA, Europe, the Netherlands and Ayaan Hirsi Ali .
See also
Web links
- Submission (Part I) in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Submission article to the film
Film as stream
- Submission , Arabic and English original sound with Dutch subtitles