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Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
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SALMAN RUSHDIE: DEATH ON A TRAIL

20190h 55m6.6 TMDb

Directed by William Karel

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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.

Cast

Beulah Borr

Beulah Borr

Self - Narrator (voice)

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

Self - Writer

Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Abdullah al Ahdal

Abdullah al Ahdal

Self - Imam (archive footage)

Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Adjani

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hitoshi Igarashi

Hitoshi Igarashi

Self - Translator (archive footage)

Bono

Bono

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Movie Vibe

Suspense5
Emotion5
Complexity6.7
Humor5.8
Realism9.2
Action5
Darkness5

Who would enjoy this

Recommended for

  • people who enjoy learning through film

May not appeal to

  • those seeking nonstop action
  • those looking for narrative fiction

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