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Friend (The)

An international tragedy may confirm a man's worst fears about one of his friends in this drama from Germany. Chris is a college student in Berlin who becomes roommates and later close friends with Yunes, a Muslim who was born in Yemen, but has spent most of his life in Germany, and seems perfectly comfortable there. To Chris, Yunes seems like an easygoing regular guy until a bad breakup with his girlfriend. Feeling heartbroken and betrayed, Yunes starts spending time with fellow Muslims from a student group, and after taking a casual attitude toward his faith most of his life, Yunes begins growing a beard, studying the Koran, and moving away from the Western style of life. Chris is puzzled by Yunes' new attitudes, but even more confused when, after a journey to Pakistan, Yunes' personality takes a dramatic shift in the other direction. On Sept. 6, 2001, Yunes disappears and five days later terrorists stage a devastating attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. Chris becomes deeply concerned and begins to wonder if Yunes may have somehow been involved in the attack.