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Horses of God

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Horses of God

Released May 14, 2014

1h 55m

Drama

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After a stint in prison, a young man (Hamza Souidek) becomes a violent Islamic fundamentalist and recruits his younger brother (Abdelhakim Rachid) and the youth's best friend (Abdelilah Rachid) to his cause.

Mark Jenkins

NPR

Anyone seeking to establish an incubator for suicide bombers could hardly improve on Sidi Moumen, a slum on the fringe of Casablanca.

May 15, 2014

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

"Horses of God" is one of the most forceful entries in a growing body of cinema that interrogates the causes and effects of terrorism, nationalism and fundamentalism in the Arab world.

May 15, 2014

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Farran Smith Nehme

New York Post

Director Nabil Ayouch does a remarkable job of putting you inside this brutal world, from the garbage dumps that serve as playgrounds to soaring aerial shots of the endless tin roofs that form their neighborhood.

Rated: 3/4

May 14, 2014

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Told with care and understanding, it's a believable portrait of the dangerous brainwashing of fundamentalist religion used as a trap for those broken down by harsh realities.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 30, 2019

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Nora Lee Mandel

Film-Forward.com

Years-long grooming provides explanatory social context. . .in how marginalized kids . . .get caught up in organized violence to get a sense of control over powerless lives.

Rated: 7/10

May 15, 2014

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Quietly powerful, haunting, unflinchingly honest and character-driven.

Rated: 9.35/10

May 14, 2014

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nefasto r

Who seeds wind shall harvest storm. "Horses of God" is an inside look and study at the roots of extremism. The process is a bit slow and the film is not that great to be honest, but the theme is an important one and deserve to be discussed. Plus the emotional growth is steady from beginning to end, and that is definitely a point in favor of the movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

The story is about the life in shanty town of a few kids that grow up with more harshness than love. They end up accepting the guidance of shady people with an ulterior motive that they embraced. They did not convinced me. I found that our "heroes" were mostly motivated by desperation than anything else and were simply ripe to harvest by more nefarious agents of evil. Maybe a simple catholic church in the shanty town could have resulted in a more happy ending... like in so many films I have seen. When the devil runs the church, what else than greater evil could come out of it? Allah is greater than this.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

A remarkably quiet, subtle film about the personal and economic roots of Islamic radicalism. It's a little slow, but if you have the patience there's plenty to be found.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

A sublime and artistic look at radicalization.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Suicide bombers are followed from child hood in this movie depicting the life and eventual formation of a group of suicide bombers who took part in the real life bombing in Casablanca in 2003. Very well done. Very sad.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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larry l

Very disturbing, about crazy muslim suicide bombers.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

After a stint in prison, a young man (Hamza Souidek) becomes a violent Islamic fundamentalist and recruits his younger brother (Abdelhakim Rachid) and the youth's best friend (Abdelilah Rachid) to his cause.

Director: Nabil Ayouch
Producer: Nabil Ayouch, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Eric van Beuren, Patrick Quinet
Screenwriter: Jamal Belmahi, Mahi Binebine
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Les Films du Nouveau Monde, Artémis Productions, Ali n' Productions, Stone Angels, Y.C. Aligator Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Theaters): May 14, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2015
Runtime: 1h 55m

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