Aïcha, Johan and the Lo Mantos have taken a step in their lives unsettling to many people around them. They made the Muslim creed: “I testify that there is no God but Allah and Mohammad is his prophet”. Their transformation begins. Aïcha moves from the country to the big city. The Lo Mantos try to stand their ground against the prejudice of their surroundings. And Johan? He sports a beard and flirts with his role as devout Muslim. Or is filmmaker David Vogel just imagining it? What role does his own Jewish past play? The longer he accompanies his protagonists, the more he feels he can’t ignore it.

2019, 99′, feature documentary, written and directed by David Vogel, produced by Joël Jent for Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, original score composed by Balz Bachmann, edited by Rainer Maria Trinkler

Festivals (a selection):

Locarno Film Festival – Semaine de la Critique 2019, Solothurner Filmtage 2020, House Of Tolerance Film Festival 2020, Yesh! Filmtage 2020, DOK.fest München 2020, 15th Festival Cinéma Arabe Amsterdam-Maastricht 2020, 37th Kasseler Dokfest 2020 / Moscow Jewish Film Festival 2020