Brotherhood

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Jabir, Osama and Uzair, brothers from Bosnia, followed the rules set by Islamic Salafism and their strict father Ibrahim. The radical preacher is now serving time for his involvement in the Syrian war and terrorism. Each of the sons is deciding for himself which path to adulthood he will follow. We watch them closely every day for several years as they struggle with their flock of sheep, inner doubts, and cultural expectations. This archetypal coming-of-age story about the formation of male identity captures the mood of Europe today, where more and more people, lost between tradition and modernity, cling to authority figures with definite answers.


„I wanted to be as close to reality as possible. The photography needed to be simple, but I also wanted something poetic that would distinguish the film from a normal documentary. I wanted to have something that came close to what we would call magical realism.“ (Francesco Montagner)

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