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  • 2021
  • TriArt Film
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2021
  • TriArt Film
  • 1 h 37 m
Children of the Enemy

Summary Patricio Galvez’ daughter married one of Sweden’s most notorious ISIS terrorists. In 2014, they join the fight for a caliphate in Syria. Both are killed in its collapse in 2019, but their seven young children survive and are interned in the infamous al-Hol prison camp as “Children of the Enemy”. When the Swedish authorities show little i...

Directed By: Gorki Glaser-Müller

Written By: Gorki Glaser-Müller

  • 2021
  • TriArt Film
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2021
  • TriArt Film
  • 1 h 37 m

Children of the Enemy

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Summary Patricio Galvez’ daughter married one of Sweden’s most notorious ISIS terrorists. In 2014, they join the fight for a caliphate in Syria. Both are killed in its collapse in 2019, but their seven young children survive and are interned in the infamous al-Hol prison camp as “Children of the Enemy”. When the Swedish authorities show little i...

Directed By: Gorki Glaser-Müller

Written By: Gorki Glaser-Müller

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70
Jan 13, 2022
Children of the Enemy will give nuance to your understanding of the Syrian conflict, radicalization, and issues revolving around resettlement and citizenship.
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70
Nov 16, 2021
An abundance of earnestness is hardly a fatal flaw in a story as innately complex and moving as this one, especially once it moves beyond its most obvious crescendo, and instead of bowing out in a note of relief and resolution, dares to re-complicate the situation.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
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Nov 16, 2021
The dire theme of innocent children being blamed for “the sins of the father” — and the attendant social and political turbulence they face — as efforts are made to find these youngsters a safe and loving place in the world receives a vital spotlight here.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
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Nov 16, 2021
The film is most effective in simply conveying the agonising practical realities of Galvez’s quest, an operation involving endless telephone calls and long down-time periods of waiting punctuated by brief flurries of frenzied activity.
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Production Company Cinenic Film, Toolbox Film, Sveriges Television (SVT), Film i Väst, GGM Film, One Night Picture, Ventureland, Danmarks Radio (DR), Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Yleisradio (YLE), City of Gothenburg, Det Danske Filminstitut, Doha Film Institute, Malik Bendjelloul Memorial Foundation, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)
Release Date Nov 17, 2021
Duration 1 h 37 m
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Website https://cinephil.com/2021/05/15/children-of-the-enemy/
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Awards

Guldbagge Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
AJB DOC Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Krakow Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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