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...souk was deserted on the morning that Maka Mohamed Nadi was raped. Moments before, two Sudanese soldiers had cleared the market by casually firing volleys into the air, sending townspeople scurrying for cover. But Maka had crept back to lock up her vegetable store - the soldiers often stole from the vendors - when the two men wedged their way into the doorway. They demanded food, and when Maka refused, they shut the door and took much more...
...failing to pay her property taxes. He uses his savings to buy her California home at auction - a step toward rebuilding his family's prosperity. She believes the house is still rightfully hers and battles back - with deadly consequences. Though Kingsley and Shohreh Aghdashloo, who plays his wife, Nadi, have both won acclaim and Oscar nods for their performances, some critics panned the film's tragic Shakespearean ending. ("Smacks of overreach," complained the Chicago Tribune.) But Kingsley puts the film in league with ancient dramatic traditions that used less plausible, more hyperbolic plotlines to pound home a point. "The Greeks...
There is something inexplicably wounded in her eyes, something wary and frightened in the way she meets the world. As Nadi, Shohreh Aghdashloo, 51, is the delicate fulcrum of civility on which the hostility of House of Sand and Fog is balanced. She cannot avoid the tragedy that envelops her proud husband (Ben Kingsley) and a careless, clueless young woman (Jennifer Connelly) as they wrangle over the eponymous dwelling. But through her serene, subtle and heartbreaking performance, she does steal the film...
...take action to reduce human rights abuse in other countries, like Turkey. Last week 90 French intellectuals staged a protest demanding "the immediate end of the repression and militarization that has hit the universities." And in a public show of displeasure, the U.S. consul in Istanbul turned up for Nadi's trial. Privately, American diplomats have reminded the military that NATO is "an association of democratic nations," warning that the new policies create "a very unfortunate impression" that could imperil congressional support for future military...
...developments suggest that Evren may be easing the pressure on his countrymen. Last week a military prosecutor reduced the charges against Publisher Nadi to "encouraging people to act against the law," and asked for a prison term of 2½ instead of six years. The military court trying Actress Yenersu referred the case to a civil tribunal, which is likely to be more lenient. Evren, it seems, is learning that respect for civil liberties is a cornerstone of democracy...