Kalifat
Creators:
Wilhelm BehrmanDirected by:
Goran KapetanovicCinematography:
Jonas AlarikComposer:
Sophia ErssonCast:
Gizem Erdogan, Amed Bozan, Aliette Opheim, Nora Rios, Albin Grenholm, Simon Mezher, Lancelot Ncube, Amanda Sohrabi, Said Legue, Yussra El Abdouni (more)VOD (1)
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An impending ISIS attack on Sweden entangles a group of women, including a mother in a bind, a spirited student and an ambitious cop. (Netflix)
Reviews of this series by the user 3DD!3 (1)
Caliphate (2020)
This European version of Homeland is tailored to address today’s migration issues. The Swedish know how to get the viewer hooked and Caliphate gives all of the protagonists a hard time right from the first episode. Things begin to heat up for a woman who goes to Syria to find a better life, for a fanatical policewoman and also for a father whose daughter is fanaticized by craftily sent YouTube links. The film has momentum and verve, as well as often eye-opening lessons that might do some good for society. It's just a shame that at the end its creators shrank away from presenting the real moral of the story. Some characters behave irrationally and the twists are a bit odd, probably so it wouldn’t end up as badly as it might have. On the whole, Caliphate is a strong and thrilling film that squeezes the maximum out of the genre. A must see for all EMPs.
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