INVESTIGATING PARADISE
synopsis
Nedjma, a young investigative journalist at a daily newspaper, is seeking paradise—but not just any kingdom of heaven. Her research examines the depictions of paradise by Salafist preachers in the Maghreb and the Middle East in online videos that support their radical propaganda and calls to jihad. Nedjma’s colleague Mustapha accompanies and helps her in this investigation which takes her all over Algeria…
international title: | Investigating Paradise |
original title: | Tahqiq fel djenna |
country: | France, Algeria |
sales agent: | Les Asphofilms |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | docu-fiction |
directed by: | Merzak Allouache |
screenplay: | Merzak Allouache, Bahia Allouache |
cast: | Salima Abada, Younès Sabeur Chérif, Aïda Kechoud |
cinematography by: | Hocine Hadj Ali, Yacine Hireche |
film editing: | Bahia Allouache |
music: | Yahia Bouchaala |
producer: | Bahia Allouache |
production: | Les Asphofilms, Baya Films (DZ) |