Crosscutting between three storylines that come together in the final act, Mention-Schaar and co-writer Emilie Freche (The Jews) follow two young protagonists who experience the call to Jihad in mirroring narrative strands. On one side we follow Sonia (Noemie Merlant), a born-again Muslim arrested for trying to pull off an attack in France, after which she goes through a long detox process that slowly transforms her into the girl she once was. And on the other hand there’s Melanie (Naomi Amarger), a studious cello player, 16 years old, lives with her mother who meets a Islam recruiter online and gradually falls into his clutches. The movie shows their tactics to kidnap these girls to their country.
These teenage girls might be called Anaïs, Manon or Leila, and one day they all might go some way down the recruitment process. But can they ever come back from it?
Rating: 10 Stars
The movie is super interesting, even in France with a high level of education, young girls can be trapped in the terrorism recruitment. An alert to parents.
