Khaled

Adolescent Khaled lives with his drug-addict French-Canadian mother Monique in a Toronto tenement, his Moroccan father totally out of the picture. He is often bullied at school being a visible minority. He has lived in foster homes in the past, but both he and Monique cling to each other as the only family each has, and as Khaled had been abused in past foster homes. Monique has taught him to be suspect of authority as they believe any authority's prime motivation is to separate them. This need to be together is despite Monique not being able to take care of him properly as witnessed by them living on canned soup and stolen frozen pizza. Khaled has had to grow up faster than he should as he largely takes care of Monique, who is often bedridden, and as he defends himself and another immigrant kid named Ivan against their bullies. It is because of all these factors in combination that Khaled, after his mother passes away one evening in their apartment, decides to hide the fact of her ...

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 322255
  • Status Released
  • Released Canada September 10, 2001 (Toronto International Film Festival premiere) United States of America March 10, 2002 (South by Southwest Film Festival) Mexico June 15, 2002 (Cineteca Nacional) Czech Republic July 10, 2002 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival) Hong Kong March 24, 2003 (Canadian Film Festival)
  • Runtime 85 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country Canada
  • Original Language English
  • Production Company Six Island Productions The Harold Greenberg Fund
  • Distributor Mongrel Media
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