Young Ahmed (2019)
(Le jeune Ahmed)
Country: BEL/FR
Technical: col 85m
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast: Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Claire Bodson
Synopsis:
A Muslim boy is carried along by his brother and the local Imam into embracing fundamentalism, to the point of targeting his school teacher for wanting to start an after-school Arabic club.
Review:
The Dardennes' take on the challenges of reconciling integration with religious freedom founders slightly on its representation of muslim fundamentalism as an affliction close to obsessive compulsive disorder, and the pudding-like Ahmed, eyes constantly downcast, is an unlikely protagonist with whom to identify. The film enfolds us within its narrative grip nonetheless, keeping us guessing all the way to its knife-edge finale.
(Le jeune Ahmed)
Country: BEL/FR
Technical: col 85m
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast: Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Claire Bodson
Synopsis:
A Muslim boy is carried along by his brother and the local Imam into embracing fundamentalism, to the point of targeting his school teacher for wanting to start an after-school Arabic club.
Review:
The Dardennes' take on the challenges of reconciling integration with religious freedom founders slightly on its representation of muslim fundamentalism as an affliction close to obsessive compulsive disorder, and the pudding-like Ahmed, eyes constantly downcast, is an unlikely protagonist with whom to identify. The film enfolds us within its narrative grip nonetheless, keeping us guessing all the way to its knife-edge finale.
(Le jeune Ahmed)
Country: BEL/FR
Technical: col 85m
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast: Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Claire Bodson
Synopsis:
A Muslim boy is carried along by his brother and the local Imam into embracing fundamentalism, to the point of targeting his school teacher for wanting to start an after-school Arabic club.
Review:
The Dardennes' take on the challenges of reconciling integration with religious freedom founders slightly on its representation of muslim fundamentalism as an affliction close to obsessive compulsive disorder, and the pudding-like Ahmed, eyes constantly downcast, is an unlikely protagonist with whom to identify. The film enfolds us within its narrative grip nonetheless, keeping us guessing all the way to its knife-edge finale.