The Matchmaker
2022 | 90m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Benedetta Argentieri |
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| Writer: | Maria Edgarda Marcucci, Benedetta Argentieri |
| Staring: |
| A unique interview with Tooba Gondal, the woman who groomed and lured scores of Western women to join ISIS. Using social media, she became a deadly matchmaker, recruiting a number of high-profile “jihadi brides” for ISIS militants in Syria: she allegedly helped organise the transporting of three British schoolgirls, including Shamima Begum, to Syria. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 31, 2022 |
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| Director: | Benedetta Argentieri |
| Writer: | Maria Edgarda Marcucci, Benedetta Argentieri |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | terrorism, twitter, kurdistan, syria, isis (daesh), islamism, yazidis, ypj, ypg, syrian civil war |
| Production Companies | Fandango |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Tooba Bashir Gondal | self |
| Benedetta Argentieri | self |
| Simon Cottee | self |
| Name | Job |
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| Gian Luigi Carlone | Music |
| Matteo Mossi | Editor |
| Serena Pichi | Editor |
| Maria Edgarda Marcucci | Writer |
| Benedetta Argentieri | Writer, Director |
| Name | Title |
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| Domenico Procacci | Producer |
| Laura Paolucci | Producer |
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