Hamezi Akeyrat

A Hollywood director is kidnapped at gun point by a terrorist who is also a cinephile. The terrorist blames the director’s films for spreading Islamophobia so he forces him to reimagine new films that will satisfy the terrorist’s ideal. The situation leads to an endless and convoluted meta-narratives where flashes of imagined cinema mingle with the reality.

A Hollywood director is kidnapped at gun point by a terrorist who is also a cinephile. The terrorist blames the director’s films for spreading Islamophobia so he forces him to reimagine new films that will satisfy the terrorist’s ideal. The situation leads to an endless and convoluted meta-narratives where flashes of imagined cinema mingle with the reality.