Forbidden Lie$ is director Anna Broinowski’s scorching documentary about literary fraud and con artist Norma Khouri. To celebrate the film’s DVD release (now available in stores) Madman Entertainment give In Film readers the chance to win one of three copies.

For your chance to win, simply email us with your name, postal address and why you want to win a copy of Forbidden Lie$.

Competition closes May 18, 2008.

You can read In Film’s review of the film here and our interview with Anna Broinowski here

Synopsis:

Con or Artist? You Decide

Norma Khouri is a thief, a saint, a seductress and a sociopath depending on who is talking. Men want to marry her, Islamic extremists want to kill her, and the global publishing industry wishes she would just disappear.

Khouri won fame and fortune with her “true story” Forbidden Love, about a shocking honour killing in Jordan. The book was a runaway bestseller, translated into multiple languages, and Khouri became the toast of the literary world. That was until July 2004, when esteemed Sydney Morning Herald journalist Malcolm Knox exposed her book as a work of fiction.

She’s been in hiding ever since. Now she wants to talk.

Weaving between the literary salons of London, the mosque-lined vistas of Jordan, the beachside suburbs of Queensland and the seamy Chicago backstreets of Norma’s dubious past, Forbidden Lie$ pits Norma’s tale against the stories of those who believe she duped them: the publishers, the FBI, her next door neighbour…even her husband. But the most compelling character of all is Norma encouraged by director Anna Broinowski to journey through every shade of grey that separates fact from fiction.

A real-life thriller that will leave you with your jaw on the floor, Forbidden Lie$ is Catch Me If You Can with a smirk and a swagger that would make Helen Demidenko gasp in admiration.

You won’t believe it until you’ve seen it.

DVD Special Features

- Commentary with director Anna Broinowski and subject Norma Khouri
- The real Norma
- Director’s Diary
- Norma’s Jordan Tape
- The World According to John T
- Norma the Actress: an analysis of Norma’s acting by Miranda Otto
- Interviews with the Filmmakers
- Easter Egg
- Original theatrical trailer