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Looking to investigate the recruitment techniques used by ISIS to lure women into Syria as Jihadi brides, Amy Whittaker, a freelance journalist, creates a fake Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, Amy comes across an opportunity to experience the process first hand. But with every passing call, the border dissolves between her real and online lives. While the Facebook character plays a love game, real Amy begins to experience Stockholm Syndrome, putting herself in danger. Based on the best-selling memoir, In the Skin of the Jihadist, by French journalist Anna Erelle, the action unfolds entirely within the bounds of Amy's computer screen.

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Credits

Director:

Timur Bekmambetov

Executive Producer:

Adam Sidman, Rick Sobalvarro, Igor Tsay, Maria Zatulovskaya

Producer:

Timur Bekmambetov, Olga Kharina

Screenwriter:

Britt Poulton, Timur Bekmambetov, Olga Kharina

Editor:

Andrey Shugaev

Production Designer:

Ben Smith

Sound Designer:

Aaron Glascock

Principal Cast:

Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Morgan Watkins, Amir Rahimzadeh

Additional Credits:

Casting Director: John McAlary, Based on the book: In the Skin of a Jihadist (Dans Ia peau d' une djihadiste) by Anna Erelle first published by Editions Robett Laffont (France), Costume Designer: Varya Avdyushko

Contact

Public Film Contact:

Adam Sidman
Bazelevs Productions, Inc.
adam@bazelevs.com
17192101499

Publicity Contact:

Haley Hart
Haley.Hart@ddapr.com
310 205 4868

Sales Agent:

Endeavor Content/Samantha Racanelli

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2018
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103:00 mins