A Haunted Past

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A Haunted Past, is a 2018 Qatari movie, directed by Fatma Riahi. with a runtime of 90 minutes.

Overview

A Haunted Past is a personal documentary portrait of a fractured Tunisian-Bosnian family. Tawfik — an ex-prisoner and former jihadist — is left alone to raise his three teenage daughters after the family's collapse. The film observes him navigating the weight of a complicated past alongside the immediacy of fatherhood, asking hard questions about guilt, redemption, and whether a man defined by his worst chapters can build something new. A raw and unsettling portrait of a family trying to find its footing in the aftermath of extremism.

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