Documentary  •  2015  •  76 min

A Syrian Love Story (2015)

A Syrian Love Story poster

A Syrian Love Story (2015)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
7.7

Overview

Filmed over 5 years, A Syrian Love Story charts an incredible odyssey to political freedom. For Raghda and Amer, it is a journey of hope, dreams and despair: for the revolution, their homeland and each other.


Starring Cast

Tia Alkerdi  •   Yara Ibrahim


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High

The film's dominant themes align with progressive values, primarily through its critique of authoritarianism and its focus on the human rights and personal struggles of political activists and refugees, which are central preoccupations of left-leaning discourse.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

This documentary centers on a Syrian family, naturally featuring non-Western individuals without intentional casting choices for fictional roles. The narrative focuses on their political and personal struggles, offering no critique of traditional Western identities.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film 'A Syrian Love Story' is a documentary centered on a Syrian family's struggle for freedom and love amidst political conflict and displacement. Its narrative does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, thus the portrayal is N/A.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The documentary 'A Syrian Love Story' chronicles a Syrian dissident family's political struggles and displacement. The film's narrative and subject matter do not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, resulting in an N/A rating for portrayal.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

A Syrian Love Story is a documentary film that follows the lives of real individuals. It does not feature fictional characters, adaptations of existing works, or re-imaginings of historical figures, thus the concept of a 'gender swap' as defined does not apply.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

As a documentary, "A Syrian Love Story" features real individuals, not fictional characters with pre-established canonical races from source material or prior adaptations. The concept of a race swap, which involves changing the race of an already established character, does not apply to a film portraying real people.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.1
The Movie Database logo
6.8

Critic Ratings

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9.2
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N/A

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