Investigating Paradise (2018)
Young Algerian journalist Nedjma is investigating Islamic accounts of paradise. She is particularly interested in the descriptions used by Salafi preachers to recruit young Algerian men as jihadists. She and her colleague Mustapha find a number of disturbing, richly embellished video sermons and decide to explore the phenomenon in more detail.
Director:
Merzak Allouache
Writers:
Merzak Allouache, Bahia Allouache.
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Salima Abada as |
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Younès Sabeur Chérif as |
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Aida Guechoud as |
| Directing | Merzak Allouache | Director |
| Writing | Merzak Allouache | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bahia Allouache | Screenplay |
| Production | Bahia Allouache | Producer |
| Sound | Alexis Durand-Brault | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Merzak Allouache | Producer |
| Directing | Amine Kabbes | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Yahia Bouchaala | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Hocine Hadjali | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Bahia Allouache | Editor |
| Sound | Mohamed Amine Teggar | Sound Recordist |