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Kerry Fox, Ken Bones, Daniel Adegboyega, Hazel O'Connor, Maxim Mehmet, Helen Bradbury, Shervin Alenabi, Christian Skibinski, Farid Elouardi, Zahraa Ghandour (more)Plots(1)
A failed author, a wife in hiding, a clandestine gay IT-specialist meet in an Iraqi café in London. Incited by a radical Sheik, the author’s nephew attacks them and turns their lives upside down. (Locarno Festival)
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A decent film about Arabs living in London. It focuses on a family where one member is homosexual and the other converts to Islamic extremism under the guidance of a nasty sheikh. The film progresses at a slower pace, but the characters are engaging and the finale is quite intense and properly thrilling. Story***, Action>No, Humor>No, Violence*, Entertainment***, Music***, Visuals***, Atmosphere***, Tension***. 6/10.
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Director here deliberately provokes and offers fairly intense scenes, for which they would cut off his head in an Arab state. It's a pity that he does it in a relatively inaccessible way, without emotions, coldly and without any relationship with anyone (except for a few weaker exceptions). The conclusion then convinced me of a better future primarily for the Arab world. I'm curious if I will ever experience a moment in my life when people will be traveling to Baghdad for long weekends... :-)
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