Film
Fatwa
- 9:30PM
In the wake of his son’s suspicious death, a grieving father leaves France and returns to his homeland of Tunisia where he discovers that the young man had become involved in an extreme Islamist organization—and that the group has declared a fatwa on his liberal ex-wife. Produced by the Dardenne brothers, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud’s courageous drama offers a powerful, clear-eyed perspective on the threat that radicalization poses to Tunisian society.
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