On Wednesday, 27 November 2024 RABIA – THE LOST DREAM, the much-discussed debut feature film by Mareike Engelhardt from the 58th Hof International Film Festival, will premiere in cinemas in France by Memento Distribution.
Driven by the promises of a new life, the 19-year-old Frenchwoman Jessica travels to Syria to join the Islamic State. Upon arriving in Raqqa, she is taken into a house for future wives of fighters and quickly finds herself a prisoner of Madame, the charismatic leader who runs the house with an iron fist. Based on true events.
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The cinema release in Germany is on Thursday, 23 January 2025, distributed by Alpenrepublik.
RABIA at the 58th Hof International Film Festival:
About the film
Rabia
Mareike Engelhardt, 94min
fr., ar., en. OV with de. CC
