Animals
Directed by Nabil Ben YadirBrahim is a young man, his mother's joy. One day he will find the love of his life. He will become a family man, he will make everyone proud. One day he will be mature and fulfilled. One day.
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- Oʂɯαʅԃσ RσყҽƚƚDecember 25, 2025We see homophobia in three aspects here and each of them has an effect. Firstly the religious homophobia of a conformist immigrant family. This is passive in the main because Brahim is only out to his brother. However the brother's wife has sussed and overreacts in respect of her son. Then the utter hatred of supposedly straight macho guys taking their restricted society's mores to an extreme. There's a hint here of internalised homophobia too as Brahim recognises one of the guys - but from where? Maybe this was why he got into the car with them unsuspecting of their motives. The third segment follows one of the men in the car and his life. We see that his father is getting married the day after the incident to another man. Could this explain (but it can't excuse) his part in the events of that terrible night? The film was based on a real event and in real life the attackers were caught and imprisoned although the film does not concern itself with any consequences. Searingly difficult to watch and unflinchingly accurate especially in the nuances of the immigrant community (the writer and director is a Muslim) this was a film that remains etched on the memory. And even more so that one knows that the people depicted in the film are true to life and real.
Animals Trivia
Animals was released on October 13, 2021.
Animals was directed by Nabil Ben Yadir.
Animals has a runtime of 1h 31m.
Animals was produced by Nabil Ben Yadir, Benoît Roland.
Brahim is a young man, his mother's joy. One day he will find the love of his life. He will become a family man, he will make everyone proud. One day he will be mature and fulfilled. One day.
The key characters in Animals are Brahim (Soufiane Chilah), Loïc (Gianni Guettaf), Geoffroy (Vincent Overath).
Animals is a Crime, Drama film.
Animals has an audience rating of 6.5 out of 10.