MoviesPrix

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Provoked: A True Story
Provoked: A True Story

Provoked: A True Story

Genres

Drama

OverView

Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

06 April 2007

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Kiranjit Ahluwalia

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Veronica Scott

Naveen Andrews

Naveen Andrews

Deepak Ahluwalia

Nandita Das

Nandita Das

Radha Dalal

Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane

Lord Edward Foster

Freya Berry

Freya Berry

Dr. Emma Stillman

Rebecca Pidgeon

Rebecca Pidgeon

Miriam Taylor

Nicholas Irons

Nicholas Irons

PC James O'Connell

Steve McFadden

Steve McFadden

DS Ron Meyers

Deborah Moore

Deborah Moore

Jackie

Leena Dhingra

Leena Dhingra

Sheela Ahluwalia

Lorraine Bruce

Lorraine Bruce

Doreen

Raji James

Raji James

Anil Gupta

Derek Smee

Derek Smee

Lord Justice Taylor

Harpreet Singh Nandra

Harpreet Singh Nandra

Sandeep Ahluwalia

Raoul Pattra

Raoul Pattra

Rajeev D. Ahluwalia

Shaheen Khan

Shaheen Khan

Jamila

Karen David

Karen David

Asha

Maxine Finch

Maxine Finch

Lula

Julie T. Wallace

Julie T. Wallace

Gladys

Ray Panthaki

Ray Panthaki

Ravi

Peter Benedict

Peter Benedict

Dr. Manning

Eric Carte

Eric Carte

Judge

Jason Cheater

Jason Cheater

Prison Van Driver

Christina Thornton

Christina Thornton

Commander Kate Halloran

Guy Siner

Guy Siner

Prosecutor

Judith Jacob

Judith Jacob

Guard Tyler

Wendy Albiston

Wendy Albiston

Guard Miller

Tim Wallers

Tim Wallers

Jury Foreman

Claire Louise Amias

Claire Louise Amias

Young Nurse

William Maxwell

William Maxwell

Judge Swinton Thomas

Similar Movies

6.8

Oliver Twist

September 2005 •English

Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.

7.3

The Hours

December 2002 •English

"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

8.0

Trainspotting

February 1996 •English

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

6.8

Bridget Jones's Diary

April 2001 •English

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance into whom Bridget cannot seem to stop running or help finding quietly attractive.

6.6

Blackmail

July 1929 •English

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

6.9

The House of the Spirits

October 1993 •English

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.

7.3

The Piano Teacher

September 2001 •French

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

6.7

Russian Dolls

June 2005 •French

Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.

6.2

Entrapment

April 1999 •English

Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.

6.7

Marie Antoinette

May 2006 •English

The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

6.6

2:37

May 2006 •English

At 2:37, someone commits suicide in the school lavatory. The day is told up to that point from the viewpoint of six different students.

6.2

Teheran '43

July 1981 •Russian

This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin, a Soviet agent, take the action back to 1943 during the Teheran meetings of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. A high-ranking Nazi officer developed a plan to assassinate the three world leaders in order to undermine the Allied forces. He commissioned the German agent Max Richard to carry out his plan, but it failed miserably due to the quick action and thinking of Andrei. While in Teheran, Andrei met a French woman, Marie Louni, living in the city and they had a brief but intense affair. Nearly four decades later, the Nazi officer has been captured - but not for long. Freed by terrorists, the officer is hunting down the German agent who failed to carry out the planned assassinations. Max lives at Françoise, a young French woman, who hides him.

3.5

Eugénie Grandet

February 1994 •French

When the daughter of the miserly cooper Grandet is up for marriage, both families Des Grassins and Cruchot want to marry their sons to her and her substantial dowry. But the girl shows more interest in the impoverished cousin, whom she entrusts her entire fortune to.

7.0

Our Mother's House

September 1967 •English

Seven British children bury their mother and hide her death, until their long-lost father returns.

5.9

B. Monkey

July 1999 •English

When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire in London's criminal underworld. Charmed by Furnace's innocent and chivalrous ways, Beatrice resolves to reform. But to cash in on her first chance at real love, she must escape her former partner in crime, the ruthless Paul Neville -- and a dark past that seems to haunt her every step.

7.3

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

December 1931 •English

Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

7.0

Indochine

April 1992 •French

Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement.

6.4

Misbehaviour

March 2020 •English

A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. When the show resumed, the results caused an uproar and turned the Western ideal of beauty on its head.

6.8

The Bells Go Down

May 1943 •English

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.

7.6

Imagine Me & You

January 2006 •English

During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is falling for Luce. As she questions her sexual orientation, Rachel must decide between her stable relationship with Heck and her exhilarating new romance with Luce.