Gorki Glasser-Müller

Children of the enemy

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Edition 2022 — Movies
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Children of the enemy

Gorki Glasser-Müller

2021

96 min.

Sweden, Denmark and Qatar

Swedish, Danish and Arabic

Subtitles: Catalan and English

Patricio Gálvez's odyssey to rescue his seven orphaned grandchildren trapped in Syria. Patricio's daughter Amanda was captured by ISIS and killed in 2019.

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Direction

Gorki Glasser-Müller

Executive Production

John Battsek, Annika Hellström

Production

Kristofer Henell, Erika Malmgren

Co-production

Gorki Glasser-Müller, Signe Leick Jensen, Morten Kaufmann, Charlotte Gry Madsen, Peter Possne

Music

Lisa Nordström

Art direction

Emil Gustafsson Ryderup

Datasheet

Direction

Gorki Glasser-Müller

Executive Production

John Battsek, Annika Hellström

Production

Kristofer Henell, Erika Malmgren

Co-production

Gorki Glasser-Müller, Signe Leick Jensen, Morten Kaufmann, Charlotte Gry Madsen, Peter Possne

Music

Lisa Nordström

Art direction

Emil Gustafsson Ryderup

Synopsis

Patricio Gálvez, a Swedish musician of Chilean origin, saw his wife and daughter Amanda become radical Islamists. Amanda married Michael Skråmo, one of Sweden's best-known ISIS terrorists, and they had seven children. Together they went to fight in Syria in 2014. Five years later, they were both killed. Their seven children ended up in the al-Hol camp. Filmmaker Gorki Glaser-Müller follows the moving odyssey of grandfather Patricio as he tries to find his grandchildren. The Swedish government pulls out all the diplomatic stops to prevent the children's return. Glaser-Müller accompanies his friend Patricio on a high-risk journey to Syria.

About the direction

Gorki Glasser-Müller

Director

Gorki Glaser-Müller is a filmmaker, writer for films, TV and radio and a multi-media artist working...

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Awards and festivals

CPH:DOX

Denmark, 2021

DOC NYC

USA, 2021

Gorki Glasser-Müller

Children of the enemy

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Reviews

“

An incredibly moving work that effectively captures on screen the emotional conflict and relentless determination of this man to save the children.
— Davide Abbatescianni, Cineuropa

“

The abundance of honesty is not a flaw in a story as complex and emotional as this (...) It is a tense and necessary addition to the growing canon of this type of documentary."
— Jessica Kiang, Variety

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