RABIA
Director: Mareike Engelhardt
Feature film | France, Germany, Belgium | 2024
95 min | Dolby 5.1
58th Hof International Film Festival
2024
Driven by the promises of a new life, the 19-year-old Frenchwoman Jessica travels to Syria to join the Islamic State. Upon arriving in Raqqa, she is taken into a house for future wives of fighters and quickly finds herself a prisoner of Madame, the charismatic leader who runs the house with an iron fist. Based on true events.
With Klara Wördemann, Lena Lauzemis, Lena Urzendowsky, Lubna Azabal, Maria Wördemann, Megan Northam, Natacha Krief
Screenplay Mareike Engelhardt, Samuel Doux (Co-Autor), Cinematography Agnès Godard, Editing Mathilde van de Moortel, Production design Daniel Bevan, Costume design Catherine Cosme, Casting Madeleine Serour, Sound Guilhem Donzel, Tarik Abu Ghoush, Sound design Alexis Jung, Claire Cahu, Music David Chalmin, Make-up Catherine Clarinval, Co-Production Wasiliki Bleser, Annabella Nezri, Production Lionel Massol, Nina Spilger
