Djihad (TV series)
| Djihad | |
|---|---|
| Distributed by | Canal + |
| Directed by | Félix Olivier |
| Produced by | Jacques Ouaniche |
| Written by |
Félix Olivier Richard Schlesinger |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 2 x 100 minutes |
Plot
The lives and destinies of five French characters intersect during the Iraq War. Three young French Arabs (Cherif, Karim, and Youssef) each for a different reason joins a jihadi group to fight against the Americans. Delphine LeGuen, a 40-something French woman running an NGO in Baghdad at the outbreak of the war, gets kidnapped and held by the jihadi insurgents. Meanwhile, a mid-level French diplomat, Hugo Bessieres, uncovers French corruption of the UN Oil for Food program while gathering evidence to support his country's effort to prevent the war.
Cast
- Adel Bencherif as Karim
- Marianne Denicourt as Delphine Le Guen
- Thierry Frémont as Hugo Bessières
- Slimane Hadjar as Chérif
- Saïd Taghmaoui as Youssef