The movie Yasmin" by Kenny Glenaan tackles the conflict between traditional Muslim life and western culture that disturbs Yasmin and her family.
Yasmin leads a double life: She is a modern woman working for a social service, going to the bar with her colleague and best friend John, driving a red cabrio, smoking and drinking occasionally. But as soon as she comes to her neighborhood she changes clothes and covers her hair in a black veil. At home her husband Faisal from Pakistan, the so-called "import" she has been married to by her parents, is talking to his goat, the only friend he has he has in this new world. Yasmin's father Khalid, a traditional but rather open-minded Muslim, cannot accept her wish for a divorce.
After 9/11 things are getting even more complicated. Yasmin's brother Nasir who has been dealing drugs, finds his own way of compensating his guilt and hate. He ends his bad western habits and does what he believes a good Muslim should do. Finally unpredicted events force Yasmin to end her double life and to decide between her traditional roots and the friendship with John.
It is easy to relate to the character of Yasmin and to understand how she is feeling. Even though her father strikes with his traditional views at first you feel more and more sympathy for him as he turns out to be honest and tolerant. He abhors his son for saying 9/11 was "stylish". The development of Nasir is a very shocking and still realistic one.
The film is a very dramatic portray at an uneasy reality with prejudice, crime, and love. It tells the story of a woman who is torn between her Muslim roots and a modern life.
Yasmin leads a double life: She is a modern woman working for a social service, going to the bar with her colleague and best friend John, driving a red cabrio, smoking and drinking occasionally. But as soon as she comes to her neighborhood she changes clothes and covers her hair in a black veil. At home her husband Faisal from Pakistan, the so-called "import" she has been married to by her parents, is talking to his goat, the only friend he has he has in this new world. Yasmin's father Khalid, a traditional but rather open-minded Muslim, cannot accept her wish for a divorce.
After 9/11 things are getting even more complicated. Yasmin's brother Nasir who has been dealing drugs, finds his own way of compensating his guilt and hate. He ends his bad western habits and does what he believes a good Muslim should do. Finally unpredicted events force Yasmin to end her double life and to decide between her traditional roots and the friendship with John.
It is easy to relate to the character of Yasmin and to understand how she is feeling. Even though her father strikes with his traditional views at first you feel more and more sympathy for him as he turns out to be honest and tolerant. He abhors his son for saying 9/11 was "stylish". The development of Nasir is a very shocking and still realistic one.
The film is a very dramatic portray at an uneasy reality with prejudice, crime, and love. It tells the story of a woman who is torn between her Muslim roots and a modern life.