Rabia

Jessica is a young French woman who travels to Syria to join Daesh driven by the promise of a new life. In the city of Raqqa, she is welcomed into a house where women from all over the world are waiting to become the wives of fighters. Jessica easily earns the trust of Madame, the charismatic and equally feared director of the center. She exerts a dangerous and fascinating influence over the young woman. This relationship, based on submission and control, leads Jessica beyond her own limits, forcing her to confront a reality that becomes increasingly dark.

'Rabia' is a film based on true events that falls within the thriller genre. With the characteristic intensity of the genre, it seeks to explore the dark corners of extremism and the struggle for freedom.

It is the first feature film directed by screenwriter and director Mareike Engelhardt. Megan Northam and Lubna Azabal star in this real and terrifying story about the Moroccan Faitha Mejjati (alias Oum Adam), who ruled with an iron fist over numerous households of women during the reign of the Islamic State in Raqqa (Syria). A feminist thriller that focuses on the inner workings of the houses for women destined to become the wives of Daesh fighters, a point that has not been much explored in cinema.

• Drama