Film

Brides

2025 · 1h 33m · Drama

Hope is radical. So is friendship.

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

84%

Teenage best friends Doe and Muna are heading off on what seems like the trip of a lifetime. Quiet, observant Doe hasn’t travelled since arriving in the UK as a Somali refugee aged three. Muna, sharp and fearless with Pakistani roots, leads them through airport security and into the unknown. But this isn’t a holiday. The girls are bound for Istanbul, planning to cross into Syria to begin a new life they believe holds purpose and meaning. When their fixer fails to appear, panic sets in, but turning back isn’t an option. Alone in a foreign city, they must improvise fast, pushing the limits of their courage, their faith, and their friendship.

Ebada Hassan

Doe

Safiyya Ingar

Muna

Yusra Warsama

Kadija

Cemre Ebüzziya

Zeynep

Aziz Çapkurt

Barış

Hayal Lorena Cercis

Aslı

Ada Danila Farid Mancuso

Dilara

Leo Bill

Jon

Ali Khan

Samir

Fiona Helen Armstrong

Kerry

Amanda Lawrence

Miss Westgate

Mitchell Brown

Kyle

Laura Dalgleish

Colette

Syreeta Kumar

Mrs. Mamoon

Elodie Wilton

Loveday

Arthur Darvill

Mr. Hansard

• Nadia FallDirector
• Suhayla El BushraWriter
• Nicky BenthamProducer
• Marica StocchiProducer
• Sawsan AsfariExecutive Producer
• Massimo CipollinaExecutive Producer
• Elizabeth Cassidy UgglaExecutive Producer
• Julie-Ann UgglaExecutive Producer
• Kiah SimpsonExecutive Producer
• Susan SimnettExecutive Producer

Official UK TrailerIn cinemas nowTwo teenage girls run away chasing promises of a better life as ISIS brides in Syria.

Release date

July 1, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

16

Genres

Drama