Heaven Will Wait

But when she meets a boy on the Internet and falls in love with him, her world changes as she is gradually recruited by Daesh. Sonia is 17 years old, and she almost did something irrevocable to “guarantee” her family a place in paradise. These teenage girls might be called Anaïs, Manon or Leila, and one day they all might go some way down the recruitment process. But can they ever come back from it?

Keywords

  • Locarno Film Festival!
  • LuxFilmFest
  • LuxFilmFest - Europe
  • Noémie Merlant
  • europe
  • family
  • middle east
  • politics
  • relationship
  • religion
  • war

Actors

  • Sandrine Bonnaire
  • Noémie Merlant
  • Clotilde Courau
  • Zinedine Soualem
  • Naomi Amarger
  • Sofia Lesaffre
  • Lauréna Thellier
  • Yvan Attal

Director

  • Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar

Crime, Drama


1h 44min


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France
2016
Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world.

Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world.


But when she meets a boy on the Internet and falls in love with him, her world changes as she is gradually recruited by Daesh. Sonia is 17 years old, and she almost did something irrevocable to “guarantee” her family a place in paradise. These teenage girls might be called Anaïs, Manon or Leila, and one day they all might go some way down the recruitment process. But can they ever come back from it?

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