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Gods of Molenbeek (2019)
"I don't know if I know"
Plot Summary
The district of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels has become world-famous as a center of jihadism, but for six-year-old Aatos and his friend Amine, it is a familiar home. Here, they listen to spiders, discover black holes, and fight about what is going to steer a flying carpet. Together they search for the answers to life's big questions. But the brutality of the adult world makes itself known when terrorists detonate a bomb in the neighborhood. Aaatos envies Amine's Muslim faith and looks for his own gods, although his classmate Flo questions him; she is strongly convinced that anyone who believes in God is completely nuts. Gods of Molenbeek is a wonderful portrayal of childhood friendship, inquiry and the creation of meaning in a chaotic time.
Why this could be the movie
- Plot hook: The district of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels has become world-famous as a center of jihadism, but for six-year-old Aatos and his friend Amine, it is a familiar home.
- Genre cues: Documentary
- Director clue: Reetta Huhtanen
- Lead cast: Aatos Nahuel Flores and Amine Mohamed Bennaa
How to describe this movie
- Try: "The district of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels has become world-famous as a center of jihadism, but for six-year-old Aatos and his friend Amine, it is a familiar home."
- Try: "A 2019 film directed by Reetta Huhtanen about the district of MolenbeekSaintJean in Brussels has become worldfamous as a center."
- Try: "A movie starring Aatos Nahuel Flores and Amine Mohamed Bennaa about the district of MolenbeekSaintJean in Brussels has become worldfamous as a center."
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