Brotherhood (2018 film)

Brotherhood
Poster
Ikhwène
Directed byMeryam Joobeur
Written byMeryam Joobeur
Produced byHabib Attia
Sarra Ben Hassen
Maria Gracia Turgeon
Meryam Joobeur
StarringKais Ayari
Mohamed Graïaa
Mouldi Kriden
Salha Nasraoui
CinematographyVincent Gonneville
Edited byAnouk Deschênes
Music byPeter Venne
Production
companies
Cinétéléfilms
Midi la Nuit
Distributed byTravelling Distribution
Release date
  • September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time
25 minutes
CountriesCanada
Tunisia
Qatar
Sweden
LanguageArabic
Box office$330,661

Brotherhood (Ikhwène) is a short film, directed by Meryam Joobeur and released in September 2018. The film explores the tensions within a Tunisian family when the biggest son, who has been away for one year, returns home with a new Syrian wife who wears the full niqab, igniting his father's suspicions that his son has been working for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The film's title was chosen to reflect both the familial connotations of the word "brotherhood" and its use in the name of the controversial Islamist organization Muslim Brotherhood.