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- Oʂɯαʅԃσ Rσყҽƚƚ25 december 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.
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Animals was released on 13 oktober 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 är en ung man som med en stor hemlighet. Han är homosexuell. Något som inte alls är accepterad i den kultur han kommer ifrån. Under hans mammas födelsedagskalas blir den dåliga stämningen ett faktum då frågan än en gång kommer upp i förtäckta ordalag. Brahim lämnar i frustration sin förtryckande familj och ger sig av ut i natten, där ett fasansfullt möte väntar. Inspirerad av verkliga händelser och med långa oförlåtande tagningar, har den belgiske regissören Nabil Ben Yadir skapat en fruktansvärt rå berättelse som känns chockerande närgången, då händelserna som visas både är ur offrets och förövarens perspektiv. Filmen har visats på biografer runt om i Belgien, men åtföljdes då av en varning och rekommenderad ålder på 18 år, något som annars inte förekommer på biograferna i landet. Med kraftfull tryckande stämning och knivskarpt foto gräver sig filmen ner i hatets och homofobins mörkaste vrår.
The key characters in Animals are Brahim (Soufiane Chilah), Loïc (Gianni Guettaf), Geoffroy (Vincent Overath).
Animals is rated 15.
Animals is a Kriminal, Drama film.
Animals has an audience rating of 6.5 out of 10.