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Broken Dreamland (2022)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 12M

Director : Khalid Laboudi, Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Writer : Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen, Khalid Laboudi

Synopsis

They were children when they left, dreaming of a life without worry: freedom and wealth. But what awaited them was a nightmare. One of them began to change, leading him to commit a lethal knife attack in Turku, Finland. By following the lives of two of the attacker’s friends, the film delves into the experiences of an entire generation of young Moroccan men who feel like they do not belong anywhere. While their families push them to travel to Europe to find a better life, Europe casts them out.

Actors

Ilyas Berrouh
Ilyas Berrouh
Self
Mohamed Bouz
Mohamed Bouz
Self

Crews

Khalid Laboudi
Khalid Laboudi
Director
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Director
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Screenplay
Khalid Laboudi
Khalid Laboudi
Screenplay
Marianne Mäkelä
Marianne Mäkelä
Producer
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Producer
Karim Aitouna
Karim Aitouna
Co-Producer
Hanna Björk Valsdóttir
Hanna Björk Valsdóttir
Co-Producer

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