TO A LAND UNKNOWN
Genre
Drama
Running time
105 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Arabic, Greek and English
Subtitle
English and Arabic
Country
United Kingdom, Palestine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar and Saudi Arabia
Director
Mahdi Fleifel
Bio
Producer
Geoff Arbourne, Mahdi Fleifel
Cast
Mahmoud Bakri, Aram Sabbah, Angeliki Papoulia, Mohammad Alsurafa, Mouataz Alshaltouh, Monzer Reyahnah, Mohammad Ghassan
Scriptwriter
Mahdi Fleifel, Fyzal Boulifa, Jason Mccolgan
SHOWTIME
Fri
06.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 1
10:00 PM - 11:50 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Sat
07.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 4
7:15 PM - 9:05 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Palestinian cousins Chatila and Reda have fled a Lebanese refugee camp for Athens. Their sights are set on Germany but, with no money or passports, they are stuck in an underground limbo living off scams and petty crime. For Chatila, who has discovered a ruthless streak, anything is justified – even ripping off their fellow refugees – but Reda hates what he has become, a shame he smothers with drugs, squandering the little money they have. Things look up, however, when they meet Malek: a young boy who says his aunt will send him money to bring him to Italy. Working in a style between documentary and fiction, director Mehdi Fleifel brings home the reality of desperation with poignancy and warmth.
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