In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo brings back directors Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah to discuss the film “Rebel.” The dramatic musical thriller follows a Muslim Belgian family as they are slowly ripped apart by Islamic extremists through various devious radicalization techniques. The film stars Aboubakr Bensaihi, Lubna Azabal, Tara Abboud, Amir El Arbi, and more.
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During the interview, the filmmaking duo discuss how personal the film is to them as it mirrors many experiences they had growing up in Belgium.
“It’s our most personal project ever,” El Arbi said.
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During the interview, the filmmaking duo discuss how personal the film is to them as it mirrors many experiences they had growing up in Belgium.
“It’s our most personal project ever,” El Arbi said.
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- 9/15/2023
- by Mike DeAngelo
- The Playlist
"I'm just trying to survive." Yellow Veil Pictures has debuted an official US trailer for the intense war film Rebel, an action thriller made by the acclaimed Belgian-Moroccan filmmaking duo known as Adil & Bilall. This first premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival last year, and we posted a UK trailer for it last fall. Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah are known as talented action directors who broke into Hollywood with Bad Boys for Life, then Disney+'s "Ms. Marvel" series as well as Batgirl for WB (before they canned it). This was made inbetween all that. Set in Brussels and Syria, Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, so he leaves to help war victims in Syria. But he is forced to join a militia and is left stranded in Raqqa, suddenly working for the bad guys. Back home, his younger brother Nassim quickly becomes easy prey for radical recruiters,...
- 8/15/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Arthouse genre distribution company Yellow Veil Pictures has acquired North American rights “Rebel,” a music-filled thriller by the Belgian directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. The pair broke into Hollywood with “Bad Boys for Life” starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and are set to direct the sequel for Sony Pictures.
“Rebel” was produced by Caviar, the banner behind the Oscar-winning film “Sound of Metal” as well as “War Pony.” It world premiered at Cannes last year in the Midnight section and be theatrically released later this year.
“Rebel” follows Kamal, a young man seeking meaning for his life, who leaves Belgium to help war victims in Syria. Once there, he is forced to join Isis and discovers the propaganda, manipulation, and atrocity the militia is responsible for. Back home, Kamal’s brother Nassim is slowly indoctrinated by radical recruiters and persuaded to join Kamal in Syria, while...
“Rebel” was produced by Caviar, the banner behind the Oscar-winning film “Sound of Metal” as well as “War Pony.” It world premiered at Cannes last year in the Midnight section and be theatrically released later this year.
“Rebel” follows Kamal, a young man seeking meaning for his life, who leaves Belgium to help war victims in Syria. Once there, he is forced to join Isis and discovers the propaganda, manipulation, and atrocity the militia is responsible for. Back home, Kamal’s brother Nassim is slowly indoctrinated by radical recruiters and persuaded to join Kamal in Syria, while...
- 4/7/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Bad Boys for Life directors experiment with the genre to good effect, deftly portraying the impact of different forms of violence
With 2015’s critically acclaimed Black, a modern-day Romeo & Juliet romance set in the underworld of Brussels, and the international smash hit Bad Boys for Life in 2020, the Belgian-Moroccan film-making duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have proved their knack for blending social commentary with genre excitement. (We’ll never see what they managed with the cancelled Batgirl film.) Informed by the wave of jihadist radicalisation that has led young Arab men in Belgium to join Islamic State, Rebel is the pair’s most personal, thematically ambitious film yet.
The film explores the complex roots of extremism through the prism of brotherhood. An aimless slacker numbed by cheap thrills such as drugs, Kamal (Aboubakr Bensaihi), travels to Syria with the noble aim of social work only to...
With 2015’s critically acclaimed Black, a modern-day Romeo & Juliet romance set in the underworld of Brussels, and the international smash hit Bad Boys for Life in 2020, the Belgian-Moroccan film-making duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have proved their knack for blending social commentary with genre excitement. (We’ll never see what they managed with the cancelled Batgirl film.) Informed by the wave of jihadist radicalisation that has led young Arab men in Belgium to join Islamic State, Rebel is the pair’s most personal, thematically ambitious film yet.
The film explores the complex roots of extremism through the prism of brotherhood. An aimless slacker numbed by cheap thrills such as drugs, Kamal (Aboubakr Bensaihi), travels to Syria with the noble aim of social work only to...
- 1/10/2023
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
Rebel Trailer — Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah‘s Rebel (2022) movie trailer has been released by Signature Entertainment. The Rebel trailer stars Amir El Arbi, Aboubakr Bensaihi, Younes Bouab, Kamal Moummad, and Lubna Azabal. Crew Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, Kevin Meul, and Jan van Dyck wrote the screenplay for Rebel. Plot Synopsis Rebel‘s plot synopsis: “This [...]
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- 11/16/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"I'm just trying to survive. Like you." Signature Entertainment in the UK has revealed an official trailer for Rebel, the intense action thriller war film from the acclaimed Belgian-Moroccan filmmaking duo known as Adil & Bilall. This first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, and will be out in the UK next month, but with no US date set yet. Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah are known as talented action directors who broke into Hollywood with Bad Boys for Life, then Disney+'s "Ms. Marvel" series as well as Batgirl for WB (before they shelved it). This was made inbetween all that. Set in Brussels and Syria, Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, so he leaves to help war victims in Syria. But he is forced to join a militia and is left stranded in Raqqa, suddenly working for the bad guys. Back home, his...
- 11/16/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
If the unmarked enemy aircraft, mirrored visors and carefully evasive language of Joseph Kosinksi’s “Top Gun: Maverick” tell us anything, it’s that Hollywood has learned to avoid political specifics in the delivery of grandstanding blockbuster entertainment. So one can be forgiven for coming to “Rebel” with hackles raised and offence-o-meters on red alert, as it milks Hollywoodish action-movie thrills (and even a few surreal musical numbers) from the highly charged scenario of one young Belgian’s recruitment into a Syrian Isis cell. But there’s an unabashed sincerity in how directing team Adil & Bilall realize their foolhardy ambition to make a serious-minded cautionary tale in the guise of a flashy thrill-ride. You might even start to root for “Rebel,” rather like you would a circus elephant can-canning across a minefield, and managing with surprising dexterity to go quite some distance without blowing itself to bits.
At first it...
At first it...
- 6/6/2022
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
"Rebel" is a journey of suffering, possibly the bleakest and most challenging film of this year's Cannes, and definitely not what you first think of when imagining a Midnight Screening selection. And yet, Adil & Bilall, the breakout directing duo behind "Bad Boys for Life," manage to make the grueling story of two brothers targeted and radicalized by Isis into a compelling, action- and music-packed drama about indoctrination and inaction with an ending you won't be able to easily shake out.
The film follows Kamal (Aboubakr Bensaihi), a well-meaning kid of Moroccan descent living in Belgium who can't...
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The film follows Kamal (Aboubakr Bensaihi), a well-meaning kid of Moroccan descent living in Belgium who can't...
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- 5/31/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Here’s a first look at Rebel, the latest feature from Belgian directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys For Life), which is screening in the Midnight Section at the 75th Cannes Film Festival this month.
It’s a personal story from the Moroccan-born directors, who also wrote the script along with Jan Van Dyck and Kevin Meul. Rebel follows Kamal, who resolves to change his life for the better when he leaves Belgium to help war victims in Syria. But, having arrived, he is forced to join the militia and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother Nassim quickly becomes easy prey for radical recruiters who promise to reunite him with his brother. Their mother, Leila, fights to protect the only thing she has left: her youngest son.
“I consider this to be our most personal movie out of all the movies we’ve done,...
It’s a personal story from the Moroccan-born directors, who also wrote the script along with Jan Van Dyck and Kevin Meul. Rebel follows Kamal, who resolves to change his life for the better when he leaves Belgium to help war victims in Syria. But, having arrived, he is forced to join the militia and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother Nassim quickly becomes easy prey for radical recruiters who promise to reunite him with his brother. Their mother, Leila, fights to protect the only thing she has left: her youngest son.
“I consider this to be our most personal movie out of all the movies we’ve done,...
- 5/4/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the rising Moroccan-born Belgian filmmaking duo, are set to direct “Rebel,” a nuanced portrait of a family torn apart over a little Muslim boy’s future.
Wild Bunch International (“Les Miserables”) and CAA Media Finance have boarded the project, which tells the story of Nassim, a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek, who is searching for an identity after his father’s death. While his mother Leila anxiously tries to keep him away from Karim, his older local gangster brother, Nassim needs to decide what the rest of his life will look like, even at this young age.
“Rebel” is being produced by Caviar, in co-production with Beluga Tree (“Frankie”), Calach Films and Le Collectif 64.
The movie will mark the helmers’ return to filmmaking in Belgium after having directed “Bad Boys for Life,” which so far ranks as the highest-grossing film of 2020.
“Rebel” will be...
Wild Bunch International (“Les Miserables”) and CAA Media Finance have boarded the project, which tells the story of Nassim, a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek, who is searching for an identity after his father’s death. While his mother Leila anxiously tries to keep him away from Karim, his older local gangster brother, Nassim needs to decide what the rest of his life will look like, even at this young age.
“Rebel” is being produced by Caviar, in co-production with Beluga Tree (“Frankie”), Calach Films and Le Collectif 64.
The movie will mark the helmers’ return to filmmaking in Belgium after having directed “Bad Boys for Life,” which so far ranks as the highest-grossing film of 2020.
“Rebel” will be...
- 6/24/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The French sales company is introducing the film to buyers at the virtual market.
Wild Bunch has boarded sales on Belgian directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s upcoming feature Rebel, a family drama about a 13-year-old boy whose life stands at a crossroads following the death of his father.
The Moroccan-born Belgian directors’ last feature Bad Boys For Life - the third instalment of the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith - grossed $419m worldwide when it was released in January.
Driven by song, rap and dance, it stars big-screen debutant Amir El Arbi as a 13-year-old...
Wild Bunch has boarded sales on Belgian directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s upcoming feature Rebel, a family drama about a 13-year-old boy whose life stands at a crossroads following the death of his father.
The Moroccan-born Belgian directors’ last feature Bad Boys For Life - the third instalment of the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith - grossed $419m worldwide when it was released in January.
Driven by song, rap and dance, it stars big-screen debutant Amir El Arbi as a 13-year-old...
- 6/24/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, whose Bad Boys franchise entry Bad Boys for Life is currently 2020's most successful movie, have lined up their next project.
Rebel, being introduced at the Cannes virtual market by Wild Bunch, is billed as an "immensely powerful and nuanced portrayal of a family torn apart over a little Muslim boy's future."
Driven by song, rap and dance, Rebel will star Amir El Arbi in his feature film debut, alongside Aboubakr Bensaihi (Black) and Lubna Azabal (Tel Aviv on Fire, Mary Magdalene, Incendies).
After his father’s death, Nassim, a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek, is ...
Rebel, being introduced at the Cannes virtual market by Wild Bunch, is billed as an "immensely powerful and nuanced portrayal of a family torn apart over a little Muslim boy's future."
Driven by song, rap and dance, Rebel will star Amir El Arbi in his feature film debut, alongside Aboubakr Bensaihi (Black) and Lubna Azabal (Tel Aviv on Fire, Mary Magdalene, Incendies).
After his father’s death, Nassim, a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek, is ...
- 6/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, whose Bad Boys franchise entry Bad Boys for Life is currently 2020's most successful movie, have lined up their next project.
Rebel, being introduced at the Cannes virtual market by Wild Bunch, is billed as an "immensely powerful and nuanced portrayal of a family torn apart over a little Muslim boy's future."
Driven by song, rap and dance, Rebel will star Amir El Arbi in his feature film debut, alongside Aboubakr Bensaihi (Black) and Lubna Azabal (Tel Aviv on Fire, Mary Magdalene, Incendies).
After his father’s death, Nassim, a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek, is ...
Rebel, being introduced at the Cannes virtual market by Wild Bunch, is billed as an "immensely powerful and nuanced portrayal of a family torn apart over a little Muslim boy's future."
Driven by song, rap and dance, Rebel will star Amir El Arbi in his feature film debut, alongside Aboubakr Bensaihi (Black) and Lubna Azabal (Tel Aviv on Fire, Mary Magdalene, Incendies).
After his father’s death, Nassim, a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek, is ...
- 6/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A facile riff on Romeo & Juliet amongst Brussels gangs. Banal, clichéd, and treats its teenage-girl protagonist in a spectacularly disgusting way. I’m “biast” (pro): desperate for stories about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Here we go again. The writing-directing team of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah had made only one small movie in their native Belgium when they took Black to the Toronto Film Festival last year… and it was on the supposed strengths of the film that Eddie Murphy and Jerry Bruckheimer handed them the keys to the upcoming big-budget action comedy Beverly Hills Cop 4. (Indie male filmmakers with no track records getting scooped up by Hollywood for major projects while successful female filmmakers can’t get work is an ongoing problem.) So, what’s special about Black? Absolutely nothing: it’s a facile...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Here we go again. The writing-directing team of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah had made only one small movie in their native Belgium when they took Black to the Toronto Film Festival last year… and it was on the supposed strengths of the film that Eddie Murphy and Jerry Bruckheimer handed them the keys to the upcoming big-budget action comedy Beverly Hills Cop 4. (Indie male filmmakers with no track records getting scooped up by Hollywood for major projects while successful female filmmakers can’t get work is an ongoing problem.) So, what’s special about Black? Absolutely nothing: it’s a facile...
- 8/19/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Directors Adil El Arbi and Billal Farrah are returning to the streets of Brussels for their newest feature.
Titled Black, the film now has a festival trailer. This is the second feature from the directorial duo, both of whom also worked on the screenplay alongside Nele Meirhaeghe and Hans Herbots, adapting it from Dirk Bracke’s Black/Black. Martha Canga Antonio and Aboubakr Bensaihi take on the lead roles, with a supporting cast that includes Emmanuel Tahon, Simon Frey, and Axel Massudi.
The film’s synopsis is as follows.
A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang.
This film marks the fourth collaboration between El Arbi and Farrah, who have previously worked together on short films and tv shows as well as features. El Arbi and Farrah also take on editing duties for the film,...
Titled Black, the film now has a festival trailer. This is the second feature from the directorial duo, both of whom also worked on the screenplay alongside Nele Meirhaeghe and Hans Herbots, adapting it from Dirk Bracke’s Black/Black. Martha Canga Antonio and Aboubakr Bensaihi take on the lead roles, with a supporting cast that includes Emmanuel Tahon, Simon Frey, and Axel Massudi.
The film’s synopsis is as follows.
A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang.
This film marks the fourth collaboration between El Arbi and Farrah, who have previously worked together on short films and tv shows as well as features. El Arbi and Farrah also take on editing duties for the film,...
- 8/31/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
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