Experiencing Interruptions?

My Muslim Husband

Daniel, a young man converted to Islam in his 20s, marries Alexandra, a free-spirited young woman from Cluj-Napoca, his hometown in Romania.

Their expectations are boundless. Daniel expects Alexandra to embrace his religion, and Alexandra trusts that Daniel will protect and support her mentally and financially.

Soon into the marriage, their certainties are shattered by their antagonistic beliefs.

Trapped in a confusing world, Daniel and Liz must fight for each other and their relationship even though it means leaving behind their old selves or cutting off some people from their lives.

  • Daniel Ioan Barnuti
    Director
  • Daniel Ioan Barnuti
    Writer
  • Daniel Ioan Barnuti
    Producer
    TWO DOC
  • Hanka Kastelicova
    Producer
    HBO MAX
  • Carmen Rizac
    Producer
    AVANPOST
  • Alexandra Lizeta Barnuti
    Key Cast
  • Daniel Ioan Barnuti
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 11 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Romania
  • Country of Filming:
    Jordan, Netherlands, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia
  • Language:
    Arabic, English, Romanian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Transilvania International Film Festival
    Cluj-Napoca
    Romania
    June 16, 2023
    Word Premier
    My Muslim Husband is part of the official program of the Romanian Film Days (14-17 June) and compete for the Award for the best Romanian film, Best Debut and the Award FIPRESCI
  • Sarajevo Fiilm Festival
    Sarajevo
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    August 13, 2023
    International Premiere
    Competition
  • Sofia Documental
    Sofia
    Bulgaria
    September 25, 2023
    Bulgarian Premier
  • World Film Carnival - Singapore
    Singapore
    Singapore
    Award Winner
  • Muslim Film Festival
    Melbourne
    Australia
  • Anatolia International Film Festival
    Istanbul
    Turkey
  • Falcon Film Festival
Distribution Information
  • Two Doc
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
  • HBO Europe
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Daniel Ioan Barnuti

Daniel Bărnuți & Alexandra Lizeta Bărnuți
They are both from Romania. He graduated a Master's in Documentary Film, and since
2010 he has been working as a cinematographer and director.
She is a graduate of the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations.
In 2018 Daniel & Liz were selected for the Documentary Campus Master school, and they
won the Best pitch award at Dok Leipzig. In 2020 they won the best pitch at Astra Film Festival and in 2022 they participated in the Docu Rough Cut Boutique workshop and they won the Movies that Matter prize at Cine Link Industry Days. This is their first feature-length documentary film.

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Director Statement

Even if our relationship is a little bit more extreme, finding a Romanian-converted Muslim is more than a rarity, in the end, we all are in mixed marriages.
The world has never been so mixed as today, and we never had so many divorces.
Our journey trying to come to terms with the world around us searching for happiness. It's also a journey that can be the voyage that every new family has to go through, to find their place in life. You will see our way of learning how to live together and accept our differences, setting universal questions, and bringing very transparent solutions that we found.
If I was to find only one word which could describe the aesthetic and the approach of this documentary,
that word would be “transparent”. It s the word which perfectly summarizes the two directing lines
which I tried to follow, since the moment I started working on it. On the one hand, there is a certain
rawness of it all. The camera can be very cruel sometimes and this is the case in many moments of this
documentary. Using it not as an object, but as an invisible interlocutor who sees everything and gives it
to the audience, the camera functions more like a therapist, than a device used for recording moments.
It s intimate and intense, it does not try to cover up for anything, just shows everything as it really is, without
judging. The second direction that comes with the word “transparent” is the personal one. “My Muslim
Husband” was always intended to be a very personal film, and not just because, in this case, the
directors and the characters are the same persons.