2019 · drama · family · comedy
Fahim
Directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval1h 47m2019
Fahim Mohammad, a Bangladeshi immigrant, becomes a world junior chess champion in France.
Our read: Fahim (2019) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded drama · family · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle drama / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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