Brotherhood (2018)
- Original title
- إخوان
- Directed by
- Meryam Joobeur
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Rated
- 14A
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 25 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Tunisian father becomes suspicious when his eldest son returns home after a year away with a new wife who wears a full niqab. The father fears his son has joined the Islamic State, and this creates conflict within the family.
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What happens
Brotherhood (Ikhwène) is a short film, directed by Meryam Joobeur and released in September 2018. The film explores the tensions within a Tunisian family when the biggest son, who has been away for one year, returns home with a new Syrian wife who wears the full niqab, igniting his father's suspicions that his son has been working for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The film's title was chosen to reflect both the familial connotations of the word "brotherhood" and its use in the name of the controversial Islamist organization Muslim Brotherhood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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