Rebel

Aug 31, 2022

2h 15m

★ 8.0

He must fight for his future.

Overview

Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, and so leaves Belgium to help victims of the war in Syria. But when he arrives, he is forced to join a militia and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother Nassim quickly becomes easy prey for radical recruiters, who promise to reunite him with his brother. Their mother, Leila, fights to protect the only thing she has left: her youngest son.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Caviar

Beluga Tree

Calach Films

Le Collectif 64

Rebel Trailers

Cast

Kamal

Aboubakr Bensaïhi

Leila

Lubna Azabal

Noor

Tara Abboud

Nassim

Amir El Arbi

Abu Amar

Younes Bouab

Iman Yusuf

Kamal Moummad

Idriss

Fouad Hajji

Abdullah

Nassim Rachi

Ibrahim

Saïd Boumazoughe

Hind

Malak Sebar

Attaque de coordination de l'émir de l'EI

Majd Eid

Professeur allemand

Tommy Schlesser

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6.4

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7.1

Broken Keys

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6.7

The Lady of Heaven

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6.0

Escape from Raqqa

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6.3

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4.2

The Kerala Story

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6.7

Rojek

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0.0

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10.0

Refugee Poetry

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0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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