Forbidden Lie$
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Anna Broinowski
Norma Khouri
Anna Broinowski
Anna Broinowski
Craig Carter
Mariot Kerr
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In July 2004, Norma Khouri, the best-selling author of "Forbidden Love", was exposed as a major literary fake. Her book, which had sold 250,000 copies worldwide, purported to tell of her experiences in Jordan where a friend, Dalia, had been stabbed to death by her father after she had fallen in love with a Christian man. Khouri claimed to have fled Jordan to Australia after being targeted with a fatwah over her campaign against honor killings. In reality she seems to have left Chicago in 1999 one step ahead of the FBI who wanted her for questioning over property transactions and other assorted frauds. Filmmaker Anna Broinowski has been able to get access to Khouri (or rather Norma Bagain) who emerges as a charismatic and manipulative figure, as well as to her victims and the law enforcement agencies she has left in her wake.
Director
Anna Broinowski
Cast
Norma Khouri
Crew
Anna Broinowski
Anna Broinowski
Craig Carter
Mariot Kerr
Alison Mcskimming Croft
Kathryn Milliss
Vanessa Milton
Toby Oliver
Sally Regan
Max Sharam
Robert Webb
Antonio Zeccola
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Documentary Feature at the 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival.
Winner of the Writers Guild of America Documentary Screenplay Award at the 2008 SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival.
Winner of the Cult Prize for Best Documentary Film at the 2007 Rome International Film Festival.
Released in United States Spring April 3, 2009
Released in United States April 10, 2009
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States April 2007
Released in United States October 2007
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States June 2008
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features of 2007) September 27-October 12, 2007.
Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (International Spectrum) April 19-29, 2007.
Shown at Rome International Film Festival (Extra - Other Visions) October 18-27, 2007.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Documentaries) April 24-May 8, 2008.
Shown at SILVERDOCS: Discovery Channel Documentary Festival June 16-23, 2008.
Released in United States Spring April 3, 2009
Released in United States April 10, 2009 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features of 2007) September 27-October 12, 2007.)
Released in United States April 2007 (Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (International Spectrum) April 19-29, 2007.)
Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Rome International Film Festival (Extra - Other Visions) October 18-27, 2007.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Documentaries) April 24-May 8, 2008.)
Released in United States June 2008 (Shown at SILVERDOCS: Discovery Channel Documentary Festival June 16-23, 2008.)
