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MOVIES | Drama
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2016Country of origin: Lebanon, Tunisia
"Salma is a 37 years old woman working as paramedic nurse under contracts with many private
and public hospitals in Tunisia. She faces various professional difficulties and obstacles
resulting from the weak capabilities available for the medical sector staff and from the
poverty prevailing in the Tunisian society.
She is about to complete the required procedures
to divorce her husband Hisham, 55 years old artist and sculptor, alcoholic and incapable of
earning his livelihood with dignity.
They only have one son, Murad,18 years old who lacks
assurance and confidence about his identity, which drove him to join a terrorist Salafist Islamic
movement, seeking haven and self-fulfillment. Salma fails to establish good relations
with her son and all her attempts were in vain to separate him from the Salafist Group which
finally convinced him to go to Jihad in Syria.
Salma takes the role of a jihadist to join Al-Nusra
Front in Syria, with the aim of bringing her son back to Tunisia… Will she succeed in taking
her son out of Syria and all its complications and what will she face there…?"
- Winner Audience Award - Festival de Mons - 2017 Belgium
- Tunisia’s Official Oscar Entry 2016
- Golden Globe Award Nomination
