Cannes Film Festival 2022: for director Tarik Saleh, "the West does not understand anything about Islam"

Almost five years after the release of “Confidential Cairo”, the 50-year-old Swedish filmmaker, born to an Egyptian father, is back with a politico-religious thriller which denounces the authoritarian excesses of Marshal al-Sissi’s power and offers a dive into the world of Sunni Islam. A dive that is reminiscent of “The name of the rose”, a … Read more

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