Two Teenage BFFs Run Away to Syria to Join ISIS

Road trip movie Made for Mad Libs. Set of [lonely outcasts] Receive a wild trip to [get an abortion]; Pair [struggling family members] Hit [blend the line between fiction and documentary filmmaking] – This is just the latest collection of films that revolve around the exit in search of [all sorts of things]. Nadia Val “Bridal“It contains some of the completely unexpected elements in the ground flight form, with amazing – and surprising results at the end -.

We do not know exactly what Du (the new expatriate is worshiper Hassan) and Mona (Safiya Ingar electric) when film It opens. Suhaila Al -Bushra scenario details at first, but it is clear that “brides” has a lot to share it, especially when Du begins to retrieve the memories of her mother (Yusra and a drawing) and their complex and painful life apparently together.

The only note that was released early: We pick up the story of Du and Mona in “England, 2014”.

Even for the audience with limited knowledge of the movie, the time and place will come to some call to prayer. In late 2014, British teen Charmina Bejoom She left her house and traveled to Syria to become a “jihadist bride” for ISIS – or as we know it in the United States, ISIS. It is believed that it has encouraged her in this endeavor a group of women affiliated with ISIS known as the Sisters Forum. Two months later, three of her friends at school joined her. But we do not know this part of the story yet – or how it will interrupt and affect DOE and Muna – all we know is that these close friends are heading out of the country, in a state of dizziness and a little fear.

There are hints, of course, and at first the most powerful parts of the Fall movie are those most accurate serials. Dependence on the memories of the past of all kinds raises concern in the first half of the movie, but it is proven in the last chapter of it (it is still difficult for some time). The couple deals with ice cream and burgers at the airport, in preparation for an easier diet. They do not tamper with their phones as teenagers do; When they look at them, they look shy, but are afraid. And walking through airport security? For a long time, the Transportation Security Department focused on them, as it saw the color of their skin (the antelope from Somalia, and the Mina family came from Pakistan) or perhaps their names on their documents.

At the end of their trip to Türkiye, we have more work with them: Du and Mona are waiting for a woman named Hanan, a dreamy strange woman they met on social media. The audio comment allows us to flashes from Facebook to see what the husband sold. Du and Mona bought it, and they waited for hours and hours at Istanbul’s glory airport to accompany that never come, and in the end they decided to choose another crazy in addition to an integral number of them. They are going to Syria, whatever the cost.

Fall maintains many tone expectations for the wild flight comedy and the story of the age of adulthood, with a stunning effect, as Du and Mona lie, stolen and launching their way through Türkiye to reach the border. There is a cracked part that includes securing bus tickets that ultimately put them in the orbit of a good -print ticket, which leads to a kind of exciting movement that you feel a little. bad Enjoy entertainment (this is courtesy). The thorny is always clear; While trying to balance the conflicting ideas, topics and tones, the movie “BRIDES” is in its fullest excitement when the director presses these tensions.

Initially, this contradicts the text of the human -full of flashback. While Du and Mona find their way across Turkey, we are often returned to see how girls ended up here, focusing in anxious way on the dramatic background of Du (we learn more about Mina later, but a very impressive carpenter to see it to the point that it is surprising) from the real shame that We are waiting for those moments). It is not only limited to Du’s home life (her mother’s elderly friend does not help her), but also her experience in school as her quiet nature and her choice of wearing the veil to the goal of the tiners who have mercy. It has some comfort within the local Muslim community, especially when you start spending time with Samir Al -Wasim (Ali Khan), but we know that all of this will end in the end, based on the location of Du. now.

This may be a wrong guidance. While the current path of DOE and Muna is the most convincing part in the movie “BRIDES” – a unique and thinking thing, and a truly worthy of land trips films – the constant construction of their past is what proves that it packs the real blow. where Is Du and Mona now? We know, and we know how they got there, and even why, but in the last chapter of the movie, Val dared to explore more about the character of DOE and Muna before. fromno where or how The key to revealing the “brides” mask becomes, and when we realize that in the last painful moments of the film, it guides us strongly to a new direction, it is impossible not to be affected.

Row: b-

The movie “Bridals” was shown for the first time in 2025 Sandans Film Festival. It is currently seeking to distribute in the United States.

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