Children of the Enemy

Children of the Enemy

2021 · 99 min · Documentary

Patricio Galvey is in the middle of an almost unimaginable nightmare. He has not only lost his daughter, who allowed herself to be radicalised and travelled with her white, Swedish husband to Syria, where they both got killed. His seven grandchildren, aged 1 to 8, are now stuck in a prison camp in the war-torn country. The 50-year-old Swedish-Chilean Patricio has one mission: to get them out.

Directed by Gorki Glaser-Müller

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Patricio Gálvez Self
Clive Stafford Smith Self
Isabel Coles Self
Rena Effendi Self
Cecilia Uddén Self
Michael Skråmo Self (archive footage)
Mikael Damberg Self (archive footage)

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