The Burning Bed

The Burning Bed

He didn't know how to stop it... she did.

1984100 min6.9 / 10

A harrowing, intimate portrait of domestic abuse that culminates in a desperate act of survival, examining systemic failure and the limits of endurance.

An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.

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