Sheikh's Watermelons

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Sheikh's Watermelons, is a 2018 Tunisian movie, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, and starring Halima Boukhris, Karim Charfi, Rami Brahem. with a runtime of 23 minutes.

Overview

Sheikh's Watermelons (Les Pastèques du Cheikh) is a sharp and witty short film built around a deceptively simple premise: an Imam who has a great love for watermelons offers his services to organize emergency funerals in exchange for a few of the fruit. His ex-jihadist assistant, however, is deeply suspicious — certain that something more sinister lies beneath the arrangement. A cutting blend of dark comedy and human warmth, the film uses this unlikely setup to probe questions of trust, suspicion, and the search for meaning in communities scarred by extremism. Deft and thought-provoking, it packs considerable depth into a compact, memorable story.

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