Boy from Heaven
[Boy from Heaven], directed by Tarik Saleh, Sweden / Finland / France / Denmark 2022, 120'
Boy from Heaven is an intense thriller with references to literary classics of the genre, awarded at Cannes for best screenplay. The director has set the film in a world no one has dared to show on screen before.
Adam, a boy from a small fishing village, is on a prestigious scholarship in Cairo. When he witnesses the murder of a colleague, he becomes entangled in a deadly intrigue. Forced to co-operate, he agrees to infiltrate the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the most powerful Islamic organisations that will do anything to protect its secrets. To survive, Adam will very quickly have to master the rules of the game in this extremely brutal world, embarking on a path from which there is no return.