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Peace by Chocolate

ComedyDrama

After the bombing of his father's chocolate factory, a charming young Syrian refugee struggles to settle into his new small-town life, caught between following his dream and preserving his family's legacy.

Year

2022

Duration

1h 36m

IMDb

6.9

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Cast

JK

Jonathan Keijser

Director

HA

Hatem Ali

Issam

Ayham Abou Ammar

Tareq

Cast

JK

Jonathan Keijser

Director

HA

Hatem Ali

Issam

Ayham Abou Ammar

Tareq

Yara Sabri

Shahnaz

Mark Camacho

Frank

NA

Najlaa Al Khamri

Alaa

Kathryn Kirkpatrick

Zariah

Mark Hachem

Nadim

Alika Autran

Kelly

Laurent Pitre

Liam

CL

Cary Lawrence

Heather

Eric Davis

Jim

Clauter Alexandre

Pierre

SK

Sean Kovacs

Officer Adams

Michel Perron

Barry

AA

Aalia Adam

News Reporter

Paul Van Dyck

Postman

Justin Trudeau

Self

LD

Lois Deller

Christine

JK

Jonathan Keijser

Writer

Abdul Malik

Writer

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Comments

10 Comments

user6723325135366May 29, 2023

source: Peace by Chocolate

Emma AugusteMay 23, 2023

I was very much looking forward to watching the movie. This family's story is absolutely fantastic, and I definitely encourage you to read about their story or to watch the movie if you prefer. Unfortunately, however, I found the movie way too repetitive, focusing throughout most of it on the opposite expectations from the son and his father. It felt like I watched 4 or 5 times a very similar scene about their opposite personal wishes (which very negatively affects my rating). I believe the movie could have made me feel a lot more engaged by including more diversity of scenes, for instance about many others impacts of their integration in Canada and in the Nova Scotia town instead.

khelly May 23, 2023

It's an inspiring film of a family beating their odds setting out in a new place. I'm surprised by the low rating here as it's well made, entertaining and being based on a true story, inspiring. The acting is good and storyline well thought out. I found the film to be of a good length. There are no special effects but the on location filming was well done and I found suitable to the story. The storyline is what pulls the punch for this film and I was captivated from start to finish. The interactions between the characters were very good. I recommend watching it - no need to watch in the cinema.

Diaz265May 23, 2023

It's amazing, great job for all director, actors and as a true story based movie it torch my hart Can't say anymore than good job for everyone put an effort to provide us with this nice movie.

Felix kwizeraMay 23, 2023

Absolutely beautiful way to tell such a compelling and heart warming story. It's quite literally what the Canadian dream is. Acting was amazing and production/photography were so well done. 10/10 would/will watch again.

🇸🇪𝑶𝑼𝑺𝑺𝑨𝑴𝑨🇸🇪⁴⁸ May 23, 2023

If you haven't seen it yet, make sure you watch the festival line up. This film has a depth, warmth and a touching tale that is undeniable. Starring the late Hatem Ali, Yara Sabri, and introducing Ayham Abou Ammar, alongside the Canadian cast, they will steal your hearts. Bravo to Director/Producer Jonathan Keijser. For his premiere feature, he has knocked it out of the ballpark. Kudos to all !!!!!!!

🇱🇾ٱڸالـ۾ــــــانێMay 23, 2023

The filmmakers did a very god job of translating this true story, of immigrants coming to a small Nova Scotian town, into an interesting drama and not a documentary. The acting is good. The situations are true to both the Syrian culture and the Maritime culture. If only they had learned to say Antigonish. Each time it was mispronounced our Dartmouth audience winced. My exit poll of about 10 people rated the show: 7, 7.5, seven 8s, and one 8.5. I give this movie a 7.9 (very good) out of 10. {Drama}

NamchaMay 23, 2023

It's a cross-cultural immigration drama set in 2016 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. It follows a Syrian refugee family landing in a town of 4,000 in rural Nova Scotia and shows the internal family struggles as well as cross-cultural experiences in the community. Tareq Hadhad (Ayham Abou Ammar) is the son who immigrates to Canada first. He was a Syrian medical student before his family fled to Lebanon because of the war. Tareq speaks good English. The rest of the family speaks no English. His father, Issam (Hatem Ali), had run a specialty chocolate factory with 50 employees before the war, but the factory was bombed in 2012. Issam and Shahnaz (Yara Sabri), Tareq's mother, are soon to follow. Tareq's sister, Alaa (Najlaa Al Khamri), cannot come for a while because her husband has stayed in Syria. After her husband is killed in the war, Alaa also joins the family in Antigonish. The film follows some of the acculturation issues (snow and cold in winter) and the sponsorship of the family by a local church, especially an accountant named Frank (Mark Camacho). Tareq desperately wants to get into a Canadian medical school against his father's wishes. His father feels illiterate if his son does not stay close to the family. From a small beginning, we see the Peace by Chocolate business grow with a settled outcome by the end. The movie was better than I expected. At a cynical level, it's a 90-minute advertisement for Peace by Chocolate and the Sobey's grocery chain that became an early supporter. (And the theater where I watched it sold Peace by Chocolate bars at the refreshment counter.) Some critics have also complained about the positive references to the Liberal Party's immigration policy and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But the film also shows the tension between a father loyal to Syrian culture and a son wanting to pursue an independent future. It's also clear that not all Antigonish residents welcomed the newcomers. The film could have been more open about the latter issue and perhaps revealed more negative scenes of the cross-cultural experience. But it clearly is aimed at a family-friendly audience and portrays an ultimately positive immigration experience. It's a good mixture of humor and tension.

Salah SalarexMay 23, 2023

Well done ! You would watch that movie 10 time You would never get bored from it ! Taking the Arabic drama do a different level ! Great story ! AAAAAAAA++++++

iamnotmizzkMay 23, 2023

Hatem Alli always were my best director Very excited to watch his last work, I'm sure it will be great as always. Also, the movie idea is worth to watch I wish all the team who had worked in this move all the success.