Dear Son

At a glance

Dear Son, is a 2018 Qatari movie, directed by Mohamed Ben Attia, and starring Imen Cherif, Mouna Mejri, Mohamed Dhrif. with a runtime of 100 minutes.

Overview

Dear Son (Weldi) is a Tunisian drama film inspired by true events, following a middle-aged Tunisian couple whose life is shattered when they discover that their only son has secretly traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State. The film is a devastatingly intimate portrayal of a family torn apart by radicalization, tracing the parents' desperate search for answers as they try to understand how and why their child was lost to extremism. A deeply human story about parental love, guilt, and the invisible forces that pull young men into violence, Dear Son is one of the most powerful North African films to address the jihadist recruitment crisis.

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