Foreign Body

2016

1h 32m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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67%

6 Reviews

Tomatometer

20%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

Audience Score

After a woman informs on her radical Islamist brother, she arrives illegally in France, finding danger as well as hope.

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Youssef B

Not worth watching tbh

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/24

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Raja Amari

Director

Hiam Abbass

Samia

Sarra Hannachi

Samia

Salim Kechiouche

Imed

Marc Brunet

Jacques

Majd Mastoura

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

Politics and sensuality make for intriguing bedfellows in "Foreign Body," Raja Amari's accomplished survival tale about an undocumented young Tunisian woman finding her identity in France.

Mar 15, 2018

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Pamela Pianezza

Variety

Traditional yet interesting ...

Sep 14, 2016

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Boyd van Hoeij

Hollywood Reporter

Tries but often struggles to properly fuse the personal and the political.

Sep 9, 2016

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

The performances are great, the music emotional, the story touching.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 19, 2020

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Josh Cabrita

Cinema Scope

What we have instead is a film that exists in limbo, a bold statement whimpered by a quivering voice.

Nov 10, 2017

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Susan G. Cole

NOW Toronto

Writer/director Amari adeptly captures the anxiety of the undocumented, and star Hannachi expertly conveys Samia's shifts from panicked to poised. However, the characters make choices that border on the nonsensical.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 9, 2016

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Synopsis

After a woman informs on her radical Islamist brother, she arrives illegally in France, finding danger as well as hope.

Director: Raja Amari
Producer: Dora Bouchoucha
Screenwriter: Raja Amari
Production Co: Mon Voisin Productions
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: French (Canada)
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 8, 2019
Runtime: 1h 32m