Genre: Drama | M12 | Year: 2022 | 81 min
Original Title: The Bride;
Directed by: Sérgio Tréfaut;
Argument: Sérgio Tréfaut;
Photography: João Ribeiro;
Music: Rowal Gelal;
Editing: Pedro Filipe Marques;
Artistic direction: –;
Production: Sérgio Tréfaut, FAUX;
Interpreters: Joana Bernardo, Hugo Bentes, Lola Dueñas, Hussein Hassan Ali;
P.O.: Portugal; V.O.: ar, fr, pt;
Synopsis:
A European teenager runs away from home to marry a Daesh fighter. She becomes a bride of Jihad. Three years later her life has changed dramatically. She lives in a prison camp in Iraq. She is the mother of two and is pregnant again. But she is now a 20-year-old widow and will soon be tried by Iraqi courts. Who is this teenager, after three years of war and brainwashing? FAUX Films
Festivals and Awards:
Seville European Film Festival 2022 | New Waves Special Prize
Org.: Cinemalua – Cultural Association and Municipality of São Brás de Alportel | Supported by the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve