Roqya

Amazing thriller that knows how to thread carefully between drama and the fantastic to leave you wondering which of these categories the movie belonged. After watching this relatively unknown gem I consider Saïd Belktibia one of the best young directors of our times. Well written, well acted, not a single useless minute. Golshifteh Farahani and Denis Lavant I already knew, but young Amine Zariouhi is a revelation, if a little underused.

It is also one of the films that take place in the suburbs of Paris, like Vermine and the older La horde, and know how to exploit (in the good sense) that particular environment to the benefit of the film. Banlieues usually make very good policier and social movies, but those three films manage to use them in horror or SF films.

All in all, don't miss this intense movie!

I got enticed into seeing this cos of the trailer.

The trailer showed way too many reptiles n voodoo stuff which kinda gave me goosebumps.

The whole time I was waiting for something to happen but alas.

There is a scene where a mother encounters her kid semi conscious and rather than taking the kid to the hospital she drives the kid n later asks the kid to lie down.

Rather than exploring the themes of medical ailments n their respective medicines, the movie went into the wrong direction.

As a horror movie this one is lame, tension, scare, thrill n suspense is nada, zilch, zero.

As a drama movie, this fails cos of its abysmal screenplay.

It's a dark and gritty thriller about a single mother and her son fighting for their lives in a poor neigboorhood on paris suburs, the main actress faranahi goldshiftheh (tyler rake 1 and 2), save the movie all by her self with a great performance the others actors sadly not that munch , the tension is permanent and we don't get bored by the witch hunt scene. The fact that this happens on one night adds up the tension.

The main message from the movie is that people must stop believe everything they see and ear on social medias, its clearly not the best movie of the genre but it's a good thriller that will keep on the edge for the evening.