AMENEH, BEYOND DARKNESS

THE IRANIAN WOMAN WHO SPARED HER ACID ATTACKER

RSI – SSR (35 MIN)

This news feature follows the extraordinary story of Ameneh Bahrami, the Iranian woman who was blinded in an acid attack in 2004 after rejecting a marriage proposal.

Initially seeking retributive justice under Iran’s “eye for an eye” law, she made international headlines in 2011 when she chose to pardon her attacker just moments before the sentence was to be carried out.

The feature explores two years of the life of Bahrami in Barcelona, where she undergoes delicate surgeries to restore her sight. After a brief success, she loses vision in one eye due to infection—and undergoes a final attempt to save the other. This is a powerful story of resilience, forgiveness, and their implications.

DECEMBER 2013

Direction
Davide Mattei

Images
Didac Cristofol, Pep Sancho

Editing
Carlos Prieto Cabrera

Production
Mammut Productions