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Djihad (film)

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Djihad
Written byFélix Olivier
Richard Schlesinger
Directed byFélix Olivier
Country of originFrance
Original languagesFrench, Arabic, English
Production
ProducerJacques Ouaniche
Running time2 x 100 minutes
Original release
Release2006 (2006)

Djihad! is a 2006 French drama television film by director and writer Félix Olivier.[citation needed]

Plot

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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.[citation needed]

Cast

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Accolades

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Year Awards Category Recipient Result
2007 Globes de Cristal Award Best TV Movie / TV Series Felix Olivier Nominated
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