Jinn

Jinn (Arabic: الجن‎, al-jinn), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are supernatural creatures in early Arabian and later Islamic mythology and theology. An individual member of the jinn is known as a jinni, djinni, or genie (الجني, al-jinnī). They are mentioned frequently in the Quran (the 72nd sura is titled Sūrat al-Jinn) and other Islamic texts and inhabit an unseen world, another universe beyond the known universe. The Quran says that the jinn are made of a smokeless and "scorching fire", but are also physical in nature, being able to interact in a tactile manner with people and objects and likewise be acted upon. The jinn, humans, and angels make up the three known sapient creations of God. Like human beings, the jinn can be good, evil, or neutrally benevolent and hence have free will like humans. The shaytan jinn are akin to demons in Christian tradition, but the jinn are not angels and the Quran draws a clear distinction between the two creations. The Quran states in Sūrat al-Kahf (The Cave), Ayah 50, that Iblis (Azazel) is one of the jinn.

Djinns (film)

Djinns (also known by the title: Stranded) is a 2010 French film written and directed by Hugues Martin and Sandra Martin. It stars Saïd Taghmaoui, Cyril Raffaelli and Aurélien Wiik.

Plot

A group of French military is attacked during a rescue mission in Algeria by jinn.

Cast

Production

The French production was shot entirely in Morocco.Nicolas Duvauchelle was originally cast for the project in December 2007 but was replaced by Saïd Taghmaoui as Aroui on 20 January 2009.Djinns was directed and based on a screenplay by Hugues and his wife Sandra. Caroline Adrian, Antoine Rein and Fabrice Goldstein produced for Delante Films.