Love and Respect is a film about relationships in Namibia. The story centres around two couples. In the first relationship the male partner is jealous of one of his girlfriend's work colleagues. The story progresses to show the girlfriend being harassed by the work colleague and nearly raped. Due to the absence of love and respect in her relationship with her boyfriend, she had not felt able to speak out about the problems she experienced at work. In the second relationship, the male partner is unemployed and this is a catalyst for abuse in the relationship. The culmination of the abuse is when he forces his girlfriend to shoplift, only for her to be caught and arrested. This outcome shocks him into realising the problems in their relationships and he starts to address his problems. Both relationships feature dramatic events which serve as turning points in the relationships. The aim of the film is to show that a number of factors - including the presence or absence of love and respect in a relationship - are important to reduce situations of domestic violence and misunderstandings in relationships.

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Serie / Reihe: Namibian Movie Collection

Personen: Viall, Dudley

Schlagwörter: GEWALT FRAUEN FILM NAMIBIA