Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

På scenen under et litteraturarrangement i delstaten New York ble stjerneforfatteren Salman Rushdie brutalt angrepet med kniv. Overfallet ble kulminasjonen av over 30 år i livsfare, etter at ayatollah Khomeini utstedte en fatwa mot Rushdie etter at romanen Sataniske vers ble anklaget for å ha fornærmet islam. Den Oscar-vinnende regissøren Alex Gibney skildrer Rushdies vei fra sykesenga, med alvorlige fysiske og psykiske sår, tilbake til livet og skrivingen. Filmen er et medrivende portrett av en stor forfatters kamp for sin ytringsfrihet, og alle konsekvensene fatwaen mot ham fikk for både Rushdie selv og de rundt ham.

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A film about one of the world’s greatest writers and his struggle to survive and hold on to hope.

While on stage at a literary event in New York State, celebrated author Salman Rushdie was brutally attacked with a knife. The attack marked the culmination of more than 30 years of living under threat, after Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Rushdie following accusations that his novel The Satanic Verses had insulted Islam. Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney traces Rushdie’s journey from his hospital bed, bearing deep physical and psychological wounds, back to life and writing. The film is a compelling portrait of a great writer’s fight for freedom of expression, exploring the far-reaching consequences of the fatwa for Rushdie and those around him.