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Children of the Enemy

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Patricio Galvez' daughter married one of Sweden's most notorious ISIS terrorists. In 2014, they join the fight for a caliphate in Syria. Both are killed in its collapse in 2019, but their seven young children survive and are interned in the infamous al-Hol prison camp as "Children of the Enemy". When the Swedish authorities show little interest in freeing them, Patricio starts a one-man campaign to save their lives and bring them home.

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Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times 11/17/2021
[A] timely and unnerving documentary... Go to Full Review Jessica Kiang Variety 05/01/2021
A taut and necessary addition to a growing corpus of documentaries, including "Sabaya" and "The Return: Life After ISIS," that put faces onto the too-often faceless processes of post-ISIS international policymaking. Go to Full Review Neil Young Screen International 04/30/2021
The film is most effective in simply conveying the agonising practical realities of Galvez's quest, an operation involving endless telephone calls and long down-time periods of waiting punctuated by brief flurries of frenzied activity. Go to Full Review Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia 04/29/2021
A moving portrait of man on a desperate journey to find redemption through the rescue of his grandchildren from almost certain death. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Gorki Glaser-Müller

Director

Patricio Galvez

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Patricio Galvez

Actor

Gorki Glaser-Müller

Writer

John Battsek

Executive Producer

Annika Hellström

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Synopsis Patricio Galvez' daughter married one of Sweden's most notorious ISIS terrorists. In 2014, they join the fight for a caliphate in Syria. Both are killed in its collapse in 2019, but their seven young children survive and are interned in the infamous al-Hol prison camp as "Children of the Enemy". When the Swedish authorities show little interest in freeing them, Patricio starts a one-man campaign to save their lives and bring them home.
Director
Gorki Glaser-Müller
Producer
Kristofer Henell, Erika Malmgren
Screenwriter
Gorki Glaser-Müller, Gorki Glaser-Müller
Production Co
Sveriges Television, Cinenic Film, Toolbox Film
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Swedish
Runtime
1h 36m