In het Huis van Mijn Vader (1997)

Name: In het Huis van Mijn Vader
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-07-19T12:10:32+02:00
Rating: 3.31

Documentary | 68 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 68 minuten

Alternative title: In My Father's House

Country: Netherlands

Directed by: Fatima Jebli Ouazzani

Starst: Hanane El Mhidi, Najia Elknii and Loubna Ait Bella Ouali

IMDb score: 7,5 (34)

Releasedate: 2 January 1997

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In het Huis van Mijn Vader plot

Fatima Jebli Ouazzani herself made the choice not to marry according to Moroccan tradition and had to pay a high price for it: she has not seen or spoken to her father for sixteen years. In this documentary, she examines why Moroccan traditions have been preserved for centuries and are so important. Her search takes her to her grandparents in Morocco, among other places. In sometimes painful, honest conversations with her grandmother, it becomes clear what arranged marriage meant to her family. By confronting Naïma and Hicham, who voluntarily enter into a traditional marriage, Fatima Jebli Ouazzani again questions her choice. According to Moroccan standards, she is no longer worth anything: she is no longer a virgin, has no husband and no children. But in the end she manages to free herself from her father's approval.