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‘Who Do I Belong To’ Director Meryam Joobeur Explores Maternal Heartache With A Surrealist Touch
Director Meryam Joobeur uses horror and magical realism to build on the world of her Oscar-nominated short.
Montreal-based filmmaker Meryam Joobeur made an international splash with her Oscar-nominated “Brotherhood,” winning considerable acclaim for a 2018 short about a rural Tunisian family wracked with heartache once the eldest son returns home after fighting for ISIS. Instead, “Who Do I Belong To” reframes the narrative around a more female perspective, focusing on the family matriarch Aisha (Salha Nasraoui) who is torn between relief, grief and guilt when only one of her two escaped sons comes home. The Bible, Quran, and Torah are full of stories that resonate and stand the test of time; you remember them because the archetypes are deeply embedded in the human psyche and the symbolism is universal.
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