Caliphate (2020): Cast & Plot
Caliphate is a 2020 drama directed by Goran Kapetanović, starring Aliette Opheim as Fatima, Nora Rios and Gizem Erdogan. It runs 6 hours.
- Runtime
- 6h (360 min)
- Director
- Goran Kapetanović
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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Swedish - Studio
- SVT
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Caliphate About?
The premise of Caliphate without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
National Security agent Fatima follows a tip about a planned terrorist attack on Sweden. Meanwhile, teenage Sulle in Stockholm becomes drawn to her student assistant, who opens a radical new worldview. The thriller tracks the intertwined lives of five young women as they are pulled into the seductive destructive force of religious fundamentalism.
Caliphate Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- isis
- islam
- muslim
- father daughter relationship
- sweden
- swedish security service
- female protagonist
- terrorist plot
- suicide bomber
- sister sister relationship
- rape
- syria
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- mother daughter relationship
- terror attack
- conspiracy
- martyr
- radicalization
- terrorist network
- dysfunctional family
- airport
- self defense
- disposing of a dead body
- isis bride
- woman disguised as a man
- cultural clash
- isis militant group
- baby
- intelligence agency
- niqab
- mobile phone
- escape plan
- ak 47
- public school
- teenage girl
- religious police
- federal agent
- convert
- husband wife relationship
- muslim prayer
- homemade bomb
- suicide vest
- remote detonator
- extramarital affair
- foiled terrorist attack
- veteran
- shooting range
- target practice
- knife
- manslaughter
- well
Caliphate Cast & Characters
Aliette Opheim leads the cast as Fatima, with Nora Rios as Sulle and Gizem Erdogan as Pervin. Directed by Goran Kapetanović; 12 actors are credited in all.
- Director Goran Kapetanović
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Aliette Opheim as Fatima -
Nora Rios as Sulle - Gizem Erdogan as Pervin
- Amed Bozan as Husam
Also Starring in Caliphate
· 8 more- Monica Albornoz Dolores
- Lancelot Ncube Ibbe
- Amanda Sohrabi Kerima
- Yussra El Abdouni Lisha
- Albin Grenholm Calle
- Simon Mezher Suleiman
- Arvin Kananian Nadir
- Ala Riani Tuba
More from Goran Kapetanović
More films directed by Goran Kapetanović: The War Game, My Aunt in Sarajevo and Kiruna-Kigali.
Caliphate Plot Summary
What happens in Caliphate from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 7-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Pervin [Gizem Erdogan] is a young Muslim woman from Sweden who lives in Raqqa, the ISIS-controlled capital of Syria, with her husband Husam [Amed Bozan] and their newborn daughter Latifa. Feeling estranged from life under occupation, she resolves to return home. After quietly obtaining a cell phone from a neighbor, she reaches out to Dolores [Monica Albornoz], an anti-radicalization activist in Sweden, who in turn connects her with Fatima [Aliette Opheim], a Swedish Security Service agent who is at odds with her own leadership after a troubling incident involving a figure named Lorentz. Fatima speaks to Pervin by phone, and proposes a dangerous bargain: she will help with a safe return to Sweden for Pervin, Husam, and Latifa in exchange for details about a looming terror attack.
Full summary
The whole story of Caliphate, scene by scene
Caliphate Also Known As
15 alternative titles, including “Califfato” and “A kalifátus”.
- Also known as
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- Califfato
- A kalifátus
- Califado
- Califato
- 칼리프의 나라
- Χαλιφάτο
- ח'ליפות
- 哈里發國
- Chalífát
- Халифат
- 哈里发
- Kalifatas
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- Califatul
- カリフェイト
- Kalifaatti
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Caliphate FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Director
Runtime, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Caliphate, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Caliphate?
Caliphate runs 6 hours (360 minutes).
Who directed Caliphate?
Caliphate was directed by Goran Kapetanović.
More films by Goran Kapetanović Who is in the cast of Caliphate?
Caliphate stars Aliette Opheim as Fatima, Nora Rios as Sulle and Gizem Erdogan as Pervin, among 12 credited actors.
Does Caliphate have a post-credit scene?
No. Caliphate has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Caliphate in?
The original language of Caliphate is Swedish.
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