The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Lahore, 2011. At a café a Pakistani man named Changez (Riz Ahmed) tells Bobby (Liev Schreiber), an American journalist, about his experiences in the United States. Roll back ten years, and we find a younger Changez fresh from Princeton, seeking his fortune on Wall Street. The American Dream seems well within his grasp, complete with a smart and gorgeous artist girlfriend, Erica (Kate Hudson). But when the Twin Towers are attacked, a cultural divide slowly begins to crack open between Changez and Erica. Changez’s dream soon begins to slip into nightmare: he is transformed from a well-educated, upwardly mobile businessman to a scapegoat and perceived enemy. Taking us through the culturally rich and beguiling worlds of New York, Lahore and Istanbul, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a story about conflicting ideologies where perception and suspicion have the power to determine life or death.

FILM FESTIVALS
2012 VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – OPENING FILM
2012 BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
2012 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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2012 DOHA TRIEBECA FILM FESTIVAL