An idealistic and passionate literature teacher in a suburban Brussels school becomes the target of intense hostility from students and colleagues tied to Islamic extremism when she chooses to help a teenage Muslim girl accused of homosexuality.
Jawad Rhalib is known for his social and committed cinema. His realistic style centers on observation and uncompromising denunciation of the flaws and the political, economic, and religious ravages of our societies. Among his works, fictions like 7, RUE DE LA FOLIE, a black comedy that explores the dictatorship of the patriarchy, INSOUMISE, which deals with the revolt of the seasonal workers against the exploitation of the landowners, and documentary features films such as EL EJIDO, LA LOI DU PROFIT, LES DAMNÉS DE LA MER, WHEN ARABS DANCED and FADMA: EVEN ANTS HAVE WINGS.
Amal (2023); Insoumise (2016); 7, rue de la Folie (2014)
