The film Yasmin" directed by Kenny Glenaan has won an award at the Edingburgh festival. The film deals with the consenquences of 9/11 for a Muslim community in Northern England and is a moving portrayal of a Muslim family living in a mill town.
Yasmin is of Muslim background but has grown up in England. She wants to conform to the western life although her family are traditional Muslims. She goes to work, drives a car and behaves like an English girl outside her house. At home she holds the family together and tries to fulfill her role as a Muslim woman. Yasmin is a strong character because she manages to deal with these totally different worlds. Still her father, a warm-hearted man, is not happy with her behavior. And there is also Yasmin's brother. He is a typical teenager; he wants to be rebellious and tries to break free. Yasmin is like a best friend to him.
You can relate to Yasmin because she is just a "normal" woman who wants her freedom, independence and to take her own decisions. It is shown wonderfully how she tries to break free from a conservative life.
The film is really touching because one realizes how little you about the Muslims in England and how unfairly they have been treated after 9/11. There are hilarious but also breathtaking moments in this drama
Yasmin is of Muslim background but has grown up in England. She wants to conform to the western life although her family are traditional Muslims. She goes to work, drives a car and behaves like an English girl outside her house. At home she holds the family together and tries to fulfill her role as a Muslim woman. Yasmin is a strong character because she manages to deal with these totally different worlds. Still her father, a warm-hearted man, is not happy with her behavior. And there is also Yasmin's brother. He is a typical teenager; he wants to be rebellious and tries to break free. Yasmin is like a best friend to him.
You can relate to Yasmin because she is just a "normal" woman who wants her freedom, independence and to take her own decisions. It is shown wonderfully how she tries to break free from a conservative life.
The film is really touching because one realizes how little you about the Muslims in England and how unfairly they have been treated after 9/11. There are hilarious but also breathtaking moments in this drama