Ghost Trail

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Ghost Trail

Released May 30

1h 48m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Two years after being released from Syrian jail, Hamid (break out star Adam Bessa) is making ends meet as a construction worker in the French city of Strasbourg, where, haunted by the memory of his imprisonment, the young man searches tirelessly for the man who tortured him, determined to get his revenge--but what's the real price of vengeance for the person seeking it? Inspired by true events, Jonathan Millet's deeply researched thriller excavates the too-little-examined moral dilemmas and political negligence that migrants must confront amid the struggle to rebuild their lives and take control of their destinies at the margins of contemporary French society, inviting audiences to better empathize with their country's newest residents, and better understand their place in the world--and our own.

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Christy Lemire

RogerEbert.com

An intimate study of trauma that plays with the gripping suspense of a globetrotting spy thriller.

Rated: 3.5/4

May 30, 2025

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Zachary Barnes

Wall Street Journal

Mr. Bessa’s performance is a pained and bitter thing, his character committed to some form of justice even if the attempt to get it keeps him submerged in a traumatic past...

May 29, 2025

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

Jonathan Millet’s “Ghost Trail” takes a mostly conventional approach to this [crime thriller] blueprint, in which a protagonist loses his head (and his humanity), but it offers a novel context: the Syrian refugee crisis.

May 29, 2025

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Steve Erickson

Arts Fuse

The fact that so much of its dialogue is relegated to voice-over, heard over images of Hamid walking or riding on buses, enhances the powerful impact made by his alienation from himself and others.

Jul 9, 2025

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Nicholas Bell

Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)

Adam Bessa is a quietly restrained Syrian refugee seeking vengeance in this potent but solemn thriller rooted in real-life trauma.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 2, 2025

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Charles Johnston

Spectrum Culture

A masterfully restrained film with swirling storms always brewing underneath its surface.

Jun 4, 2025

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Richard M

A must see - good date movie!!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/19/25

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Carl V

I was mildly familiar with Syrian civil war basics. But the movie was so engaging & effective that I went right home and did a deep dive on the history of the Syrian Civil War-- this additional research was very depressing unfortunately! I’m glad that in the end of the movie the rule of international law won out over extra-judicial justice!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/08/25

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Franck L

Pure sensorial cat-and-mouse thriller.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/30/25

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Mathilde P

A real European thriller, raw, deeply human. Not the kind of film where you'll see action or haunting flashbacks — words and feelings over images.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/02/25

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Two years after being released from Syrian jail, Hamid (break out star Adam Bessa) is making ends meet as a construction worker in the French city of Strasbourg, where, haunted by the memory of his imprisonment, the young man searches tirelessly for the man who tortured him, determined to get his revenge--but what's the real price of vengeance for the person seeking it? Inspired by true events, Jonathan Millet's deeply researched thriller excavates the too-little-examined moral dilemmas and political negligence that migrants must confront amid the struggle to rebuild their lives and take control of their destinies at the margins of contemporary French society, inviting audiences to better empathize with their country's newest residents, and better understand their place in the world--and our own.

Director: Jonathan Millet
Producer: Pauline Seigland
Screenwriter: Jonathan Millet, Florence Rochat
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: Films Grand Huit, arte France Cinéma, Hélicotronc, NiKo Film
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Theaters): May 30, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 8, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.8K
Runtime: 1h 48m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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