The read
It runs a compact 55m.
Synopsis
An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses (1988), thirty years after the fatwa uttered by the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini: his youth in multicultural Bombay, his life in England, his many years of forced hiding, his thoughts on President Trump's United States of America.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- William KarelDirector
- Olivier MilitonOriginal Music Composer
- William KarelWriter
Cast
- Beulah BorrSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Salman RushdieSelf - Writer
- Ruhollah KhomeiniSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Abdullah al AhdalSelf - Imam (archive footage)
- Isabelle AdjaniSelf - Actress (archive footage)
- Ali KhameneiSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Hitoshi IgarashiSelf - Translator (archive footage)
- BonoSelf - Musician (archive footage)
- Kamal KharaziSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Donald TrumpSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Barack ObamaSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Larry DavidLarry David (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
freedom of speechbiographyreligious fundamentalism1980sportrait of an artistfatwacontroversial artistterrorist threatcelebrity interviewislamismreligious belief