Al-Shafaq - When heaven divides (2019)
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Kida Ramadan, Beren Tuna, Ismail Can Metin, Ahmed Kour Abdo, Ali Kandaş, Eda Gürbüz, Robin Arslan
When Burak turns away from the Western world and puts the Koran at the center of his worldview, his parents realize too late that he is already on the way to “holy war.”
The story
The Kara family has long lived in Zurich under the influence of devout patriarch Abdullah. While eldest son Kadir and daughter Elif have found a place in both their Turkish family and the Western world, youngest son Burak struggles with his father’s lack of recognition and with his own search for an identity between the two worlds. He turns away from the Western world and begins placing the Koran at the center of his worldview. Though Abdullah and Emine are initially impressed by his devotion, they realize too late that Burak has already slipped away from them and is on his way to “holy war.” Abdullah sets out to search for him in the Turkish-Syrian border region.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The Kara family, dominated by its patriarch, the devout father Abdullah, has lived in Zurich for a long time. While their eldest son, Kadir, and their daughter, Elif, have found their place both in the Turkish family and in the Western world, their youngest son, Burak, struggles with his father's lack of recognition and with his own search for an identity between the two worlds. Burak renounces the Western world and begins placing the Koran at the center of his worldview. At first impressed by their son's devoutness, Abdullah and Emine realize too late that Burak has already slipped away from them and is on his way to “holy war.” His father sets out to search for him in the Turkish-Syrian border region.
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