Jun 1st
The Reluctant Fundamentalist** (15)
(Ipswich Film Theatre)
(US/GB/Qatar 2012)
A young Muslim high-flyer in New York finds his life changing against him and turns fundamentalist.
Challenging and absorbing cross-culture drama, ultimately comparing the ruthlessness of Wall Street with the ruthlessness of Al Qaeda, although the key turning point in the drama (September 11th) where the central character partly admires the atrocity, is treated in a slightly glib manner, making the rest of the film interesting rather than involving, but with good performances, treating an important subject with compassion and reasonable objectivity.
Written by: William Wheeler, Ami Boghani, Mohsin Hamid, from his novel.
Producers: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Ami Boghani, Anadil Hossin, Robin Sweet.
Director: Mira Nair.
Starring: Riz Ahmed, Liev Schreiber, Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Martin Donovan, Haluk Bilginer.
Photography: Declan Quinn.
Music: Michael Andrews.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist** (15)
(Ipswich Film Theatre)
(US/GB/Qatar 2012)
A young Muslim high-flyer in New York finds his life changing against him and turns fundamentalist.
Challenging and absorbing cross-culture drama, ultimately comparing the ruthlessness of Wall Street with the ruthlessness of Al Qaeda, although the key turning point in the drama (September 11th) where the central character partly admires the atrocity, is treated in a slightly glib manner, making the rest of the film interesting rather than involving, but with good performances, treating an important subject with compassion and reasonable objectivity.
Written by: William Wheeler, Ami Boghani, Mohsin Hamid, from his novel.
Producers: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Ami Boghani, Anadil Hossin, Robin Sweet.
Director: Mira Nair.
Starring: Riz Ahmed, Liev Schreiber, Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Martin Donovan, Haluk Bilginer.
Photography: Declan Quinn.
Music: Michael Andrews.
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