Halal daddy (2017)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2017
	Director: Conor McDermottroe
	Actors: Nikesh Patel, Colm Meaney, Sarah Bolger, Art Malik, Deirdre O'Kane
	Country: IRL, F, D
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 11.06.2018, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview, English with German subtitle
Synopsis: Raghdan Aziz (Patel) flew from his rich father Amir Aziz (Malik) who already has plans for him, work and wife. After a family clash coupled with the reconversion of an Irish abatoir into a halal one, Raghdan tries to build up a project with all his personal community, with his girlfriend Maeve (Bolger), her enraged father Martin Logan (Meaney), stoned buddies and an ex-lover of his girlfriend.
Review: The story is rather a clash of classes (the rich traditionalist father Amir versus his son Raghdan) than the cliché clash of cultures (Moslim Pakis versus White Christian British). The interesting culture clash lays between the fathers. Amir is rather the despotic and merciless businessman making sure that his counterpart understand who has the money. Martin counts on trust and on people even if he lives on racist stereotypes.  The acting is quite burlesque in the sense of exaggerated and satyrical. The fathers and Raghdan. The only acting that looks authentic is Maeve. But I am not sure that an authentic acting would have made the movie better. The fathers were funny that way.
Rating: 5 /10