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'EYE-POPPING IN ITS PORTRAYAL OF INHERITED ISLAMIST FERVOR. CLEAR, VIVID, UNSHAKEABLE!" (Variety). After his Sundance award-winning documentary "Return to Homs", Talal Derki returned to his homeland where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years receiving a 2019 Academy Award Nomination for 'BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE". His camera focuses mainly on the children, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up with a father whose only dream is to establish an Islamic Caliphate. Osama (13) and his brother Ayman (12) are in the center of the story. They both love and admire their father and obey his words, but while Osama seems to follow the path of Jihad, Ayman wants to go back to school. The film captures the moment when the children have to let go of their youth and are finally turned into Jihadi fighters. No matter how close the war comes-one thing they have already learned: they must not cry.

2019 · 1h 38m
Director Talal Derki

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Of Fathers and Sons

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'EYE-POPPING IN ITS PORTRAYAL OF INHERITED ISLAMIST FERVOR. CLEAR, VIVID, UNSHAKEABLE!" (Variety). After his Sundance award-winning documentary "Return to Homs", Talal Derki returned to his homeland where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years receiving a 2019 Academy Award Nomination for 'BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE". His camera focuses mainly on the children, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up with a father whose only dream is to establish an Islamic Caliphate. Osama (13) and his brother Ayman (12) are in the center of the story. They both love and admire their father and obey his words, but while Osama seems to follow the path of Jihad, Ayman wants to go back to school. The film captures the moment when the children have to let go of their youth and are finally turned into Jihadi fighters. No matter how close the war comes-one thing they have already learned: they must not cry.

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Studio
BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion
Released
2019
Run Time
1 hr 38 min
Rated
12
Regions of Origin
Germany, Syria, United States, Lebanon, Qatar
© 2019 Port au Prince Pictures GmbH

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), Arabic, Arabic (world)
Audio

Arabic (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), German (Germany) (AD, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) , German (Germany)

Accessibility

Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.