Tariq (S)
2018 · Movie · 21 min. · Spain
16-year-old Tariq flees with his family escaping the ISIS fighters into a forest near the Syrian-Turkish border. On the run, his mother is shot due to Tariq’s disobedience. All his attempts to help make his mother's injury worse and his father angry. In her delirium, his mother believes that her son has been seduced by a djinn, a demon born from anger and smokeless fire. As the family risks being discovered by their persecutors, Tariq faces the choice to follow the dark or the bright side of Islam.
Direction Ersin Cilesiz
Cast Mohammed Issa · Husam Chadat · Tahani Salim · Daniela Navarro Melián
Soundtrack Jonas Lenchenmyar
Screenplay Torsten Gauger · Yvonne Görlach · Guillermo Ríos
Cinematography Mateusz Smolka
Original title Tariq (S)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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