Official Selection

RAQA

Gerardo Herrero | Spain, Morocco | 2024 : 107 min. | In Spanish, Arabic and English with Spanish and English subtitles

RAQA
- C.PArmas 1
- Cartuja Center
- C.Nerv 4
- C.PArmas 3

Seville hosts the world premiere of this thriller that immerses us in the depths of Islamic terrorism. The streets of the Syrian city that gives the film its name bring together a Sahrawi spy for Russian intelligence (Álvaro Morte: Money Heist, Immaculate) and a nurse from Ceuta in Europol’s secret service (Mina El Hammani: Elite, Black Sunday), both infiltrated to capture an ISIS leader. With frenetic realism, legendary director and producer Gerardo Herrero (Comanche Territory, Under Therapy) adapts Tomás Bárbulo’s novel Vírgenes y verdugos, set within an Islamic State bastion, capturing the harrowing oppression of its citizens – especially women and girls. This tense and intense film delivers high-stakes drama and two-faced characters.