Submission (2004 film)
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| Directed by | Theo van Gogh |
| Produced by | Theo van Gogh Gijs van de Westelaken |
| Written by | Ayaan Hirsi Ali |
| Music by | Theo van Gogh |
| Cinematography | Theo van Gogh |
| Edited by | Theo van Gogh |
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10 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | English |
| Budget | €18,000 |
Submission is a 2004 English-language Dutch short drama film produced and directed by Theo van Gogh, and written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (a former member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy); it was shown on the Dutch public broadcasting network (VPRO) on 29 August 2004. The film's title is one of the possible translations of the Arabic word "Islam" (see also the etymology and meaning of the word). A Muslim fundamentalist reacted to the film by assassinating Van Gogh.
The film tells the story of four fictional characters played by a single actress wearing a veil, but clad in a see-through chador, her naked body painted with verses from the Quran. The characters are Muslim women who have been abused in various ways. The film contains monologues of these women and dramatically highlights three verses of the Koran (4:34 2:222 and 24:2), by showing them painted on women’s bodies.
Writer Hirsi Ali has said "it is written in the Koran a woman may be slapped if she is disobedient. This is one of the evils I wish to point out in the film". In an answer to a question about whether the film would offend Muslims, Hirsi Ali said that "if you're a Muslim woman and you read the Koran, and you read in there that you should be raped if you say 'no' to your husband, that is offensive. And that is insulting."
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