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For the Love of God (Pour l'amour de Dieu, 2006) Director: Zakia & Ahmed Bouchaala Kevin-Mohammed Ziani (Rachid Hami), a 17-year-old-high-school student, lives in the Menilmontant area of Paris. He is solitary and secretive and has only one friend Leo, the caretaker of a cemetery, in whom he sometimes confides. The teenager cannot communicate with his parents, Abdel (Smaïn) and Saida (Farida Rahouadj), second-generation immigrants who are determined to fit in. He discovers Islam through the blazing eyes of Meriem (Leïla Bekhti), a classmate. The young man is fascinated by this Muslim girl who seems both brilliant and happy and he is gradually won over by a dangerous group of Salafist fundamentalists who lead him astray. |
