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Amal

2024 · 112 min

A tense, grounded classroom drama that weighs free speech against community pressure, leaving a lingering sense of unease and moral strain.

Directed by: Jawad Rhalib
Genres: Drama
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée

Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Jawad Rhalib
Genres: Drama
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
faith
isolation
morality
education
Places: school
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Jawad Rhalib
Written by: Chloé Léonil, David Lambert, Jawad Rhalib
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Babetida Sadjo, Johan Heldenbergh, Ingrid Heiderscheidt, Malek Akhmiss, Kenza Benbouchta
Cinematography: Lisa Willame
Runtime: 112 min
Country: Belgium, France
Languages: French

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