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Summary

An unprecedented terrorist attack takes place in a peaceful café in the center of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, on a nice Saturday afternoon. The terrorists use religion to divide and to kill people, while the surviving hostages, all of them also Muslims, try to defend their own humanistic values. The film unravels the clashes and contradictions of religion, ideology, and civilizations through a terror drama shot in a single take.

Cast

Zahid Hasan

Shahidul

Nusrat Imrose Tisha

Raisa

Mamunur Rashid

Mozammel Haque

Iresh Zaker

Ibtesham

Intekhab Dinar

Chisti

Nader Chowdhury

Gousul Alam Shaon

Chef

Parambrata Chatterjee

Polash

Eyad Hourani

Mute Guy

Selina Black

Pregnant Woman

Ellie Poussot

Stacy

Manoj Kumar Pramanik

Mizan

Milon Bhattacharya

Chief Waiter

Rahat Rahman

Raisa's Boyfriend

Nazmul Nobin

Nobin

Tahania Islam Oshin

Faria

Mohammed Rakibul Hasan Reza

Reza

Arash Tahan Hyder

Arash

Dipto Rashid

Dipto

Chris Fennell

Chris

Arnob Tripura Darpan

Japanese

Antony Tatara Rabuga Rema

Japanese

Anwar Hossain

Waiter

Mohin Uddin Munshi

Waiter

Crew

Director, Writer

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

Reviews

maketheSWITCH

June 7, 2019

6

While the hostage takers' motivations are in the right place - standing up against persecution and preserving their culture - it's clear that the film is strongly opposed to their methods. 'Saturday Afternoon' is a shocking and abrasive assessment of terrorism, and will be especially confronting to Western audiences. As the finale fades to black, we'll never know the real outcome - only that many lives were unnecessarily lost. - Charlie David Page

Read Charlie's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-saturday-afternoon-a-shocking-and-abrasive-assessment-of-terrorism

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