Meskina

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Meskina
Directed byDaria Bukvic
Written byDaria Bukvic
Fadua El Akchaoui
Ernst Gonlag
Produced byJeroen Koopman
Lisa May Visser
Starring Maryam Hassouni
Soundos El Ahmadi
CinematographyEzra Reverda
Edited byJoshua Menco
Music byMatthijs Kieboom
Release date
  • 22 July 2021 (2021-07-22)
[1]
Running time
94 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Language Dutch

Meskina is a 2021 Dutch romantic comedy film. The film was a passion project of Dutch-Moroccan Stand-up comedian Soundos El Ahmadi, who wanted to see more representation of the Moroccan community in Dutch films. [2]

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Cast

Reception

The film received mostly mixed reviews. [3] Algemeen Dagblad said that the film had too many romcom-clichés and caricatures for the people to feel real. [4] De Volkskrant also mentioned the romcom-clichés and wished the film had more depth to it. [5] However NRC Handelsblad was a bit more positive saying that the film aims for a young audience but with the pace of the jokes could also get other people invested. [6] The film was sold out on its openingweekend. [7]

Controversy

It is the first film of actor Bilal Wahib after a widely reported incident in which he asked a minor to expose himself on Instagram Live. [8] [9]

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References

  1. "Meskina". filmladder.nl (in Dutch). 22 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. Smit, Floortje (21 July 2021). "'Hoezo identificeren mensen zich niet met Marokkaanse vrouwen? Waarom zou ik me wél moeten identificeren met Jim Bakkum?'". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. "Recensieoverzicht: Meskina is 'door en door Hollandse romcom". nu.nl (in Dutch). 22 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. Tienhooven, Gudo (22 July 2021). "Drie sterren voor Meskina: Te veel hysterische typetjes in sympathieke romkom". ad.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. Toma, Kevin (21 July 2021). "Meskina is duidelijk met veel meer plezier en betrokkenheid gemaakt dan menige Nederlandse romkom ★★★☆☆". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  6. Peter de Bruijn (20 July 2021). "Een geslaagde, innemende romkom, dankzij Marokkaans-Nederlands toptalenten als Soundos El Ahmadi en Najib Amhali". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. "Meskina compleet uitverkocht in opening weekend". nu.nl (in Dutch). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  8. "Bilal Wahib in juli weer op het witte doek te zien". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 30 April 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  9. "'Mocro Maffia-acteur Wahib heeft enorme spijt van wat hij gedaan heeft'". NOS (in Dutch). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.