BRAVE MISS WORLD

By Cecilia PECK

CINEPHIL - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2013

Six weeks before being crowned Miss World, Linor Abargil was raped at knifepoint. Today, 12 years later, she is on a recovery course. After having gone through a very public trial, putting her rapist behind bars, Linor is out on a mission to tour the world and encourage rape victims to speak up.

    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • ISRAEL, USA
    • Languages
    • HEBREW, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Cecilia PECK
    • Producer(s)
    • Cecilia PECK, Inbal LESSNER, Motty REIF
    • Synopsis
    • Six weeks before being crowned Miss World, Linor Abargil was raped at knifepoint. Today, 12 years later, she is on a recovery course. After having gone through a very public trial, putting her rapist behind bars, Linor is out on a mission to tour the world and encourage rape victims to speak up. Followed by her family wherever she goes, she offers inspiration to the people she meets in the US, South Africa or Europe. The film will follow Linor as she tries to find purpose in what had happened to her; drifting away from her modeling days she now finds comfort in religion.