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HALAL DADDY

By Conor MCDERMOTTROE

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Comedy - Completed 2017

While managing a run down abattoir, young Muslim Raghdan Aziz stumbles through cultural chaos and generational conflicts, dealing with enraged fathers, stoned buddies and an alleged ex-lover of his girlfriend.

- Year of production
- 2017
- Genres
- Comedy
- Countries
- IRELAND, FRANCE
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 95 mn
- Director(s)
- Conor MCDERMOTTROE
- Writer(s)
- Conor MCDERMOTTROE, Mark O'HALLORAN
- Cast
- Colm MEANEY, Deirdre O'KANE, Sarah BOLGER, Art MALIK , Nikesh PATEL, David KROSS, Paul TYLAK, Jerry IWU, Stephen CROMWELL
- Producer(s)
- Hermann FLORIN, Ailish MCELMEEL
- Synopsis
- Raghdan Aziz, a young man of British-Indian Muslim heritage, is happy in his
  new home on the west coast of Ireland. This beach-fronted retreat is the perfect
  getaway from his controlling father. He has escaped the burden of his legacy
  and discovered a new sense of community. Living with his adoring aunt and
  uncle, Raghdan hangs out with his surf buddies Derek and Neville and has
  mapped out a future with girlfriend, Maeve Logan.
  On Raghdan's 21st birthday, his father Amir arrives from England with the gift
  of a run-down meat factory. How will Raghdan cope with this poisoned chalice
  of a present - a career opportunity that he never wanted?
  Can he resolve differences with Maeve's uppity father, Martin? Can he heal the
  growing rift between himself and Maeve and overcome a potential love rival in
  the form of Jasper? What happens when the community, that had accepted him
  as one of its own, turns against him?
  HALAL DADDY is a fish out of water story about a loveable outsider faced
  with a unique set of needs, wants and desires. This culture clash comedy
  explores integration in a multicultural world and the universal challenge we all
  face at some point in our lives. When bridges crumble between ourselves and
  our parents or partners, will we have the fortitude to rebuild them?