Synopsis
Of Fathers And Sons
Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses on Osama and his younger brother Ayman, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up in an Islamic Caliphate.
The 2016–2018 Other Asia Window
Of Fathers and Sons holds position #23 of 84 Other Asia films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Other Asia, 226 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Of Fathers and Sons premiered alongside 28 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 28 other Other Asia films in 2017.
The 414th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
51 audience reviews — more than 88% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among Other Asia films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Of Fathers and Sons, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- radical islam · 3
- documentary film · 3
- al qaeda · 2
- indoctrination · 1
- syrian civil war · 1
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #211 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Documentary productions specifically: #17 of 27 (top 63%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Germany, Lebanon, Netherlands, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Production Companies | Basis Berlin Filmproduktion, Ventana Film |
| Runtime | 1h 39m |
| Release Date | November 15, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt7519174 |
| Official Site | www.offathersandsons.com |