A film that doesn't let you feel for a moment that everything could still go well. It won't. Has the world around us gone so mad that we must voluntarily abandon the principles of how to live?

Amal (excellent Lubna Azabal) is a French teacher appreciated by both colleagues and students. In addition to classical education, she also wants to introduce a sense of social cohesion in students, which would eliminate the boundaries between children from different religions, whose views on life are radically different. However, when one of the girls, Mounia from Morocco, is persecuted by her fellow students because of dressing inappropriately for her Islamic religion and a video posted on social media in which she publicly comes out of the closet, Amal fears for the safety of both the girl and herself as she supports Mounia in her choices.

However, a brave woman who denounces all violence will not make anyone's life easier. She continues with lessons that provoke conflicting feelings in many students. It turns out that the love poem of the classical Arabian poet Abu Nawas, which Amal reads in class, is forbidden in Islam because of its homoerotic content. Drawing out the anger of parents who advocate a stricter Islamic upbringing for themselves and the entire school, Amal is put in front of choices that make her question everything she has believed so far.

Jawad Rhalib, known for his sharp social focus, presents a story of courage to confront the ever-increasing radicalisation in society, the manifestations of which unintentionally reach the minds of the most vulnerable age group, children and adolescents.

Helmut Jänes