One fine day Naples wakes up and finds out that part of it has become Islamic. The numbers of converts to Islam are steadily rising and the message of the Quran seems to be everywhere. In a predominantly Catholic city, not everyone is happy about that. There are protests from husbands, wives and other family members. Apart from that, people see to their day to day lives – some of them, under new names: Salvatore and Francesco are both called Muhammad now, Claudia has turned into Zeynab, and Danilo into Alì. The new Muslims must answer to a lot of (practical) questions: How do you make a halal version of casatiello? And are you still allowed to eat Nutella? Film-maker Ernesto Pagano observes the daily lives of the new converts and documents the internal dramas, the small clashes, and the occasional confessions. The result is a mosaic of different stories about people reacting, each in their own way, to a multi-levelled crisis which combines the economic and the spiritual. But underneath the colourful stories with a comic twist lies a deeper question: what kind of disappointment is Islam replacing? In a Mafia-riddled region plagued with huge unemployment, where people feel they can draw little hope from the Catholic Church, the question is self-explanatory.
AUDIO: Italian
SUBTITLE: Romanian, English
awards and festivals
2015 - Biografilm Festival, Italia, Biografilm Italia Award
2015 - Molise Cinema Premio Italia
2015 - MedFilm Festival, Italia
2015 - Tertiomillenio Film Fest, Italia
2015 - FuoriRaccordo Film Festival, Italia
2015 - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Olanda
2015 - Journée Cinematographique de Cartage, Tunisia