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To a Land Unknown

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Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. But when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan, which involves them posing as smugglers and taking hostages in an effort to get him and his best friend out of their hopeless environment before it is too late.
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Powered by Mahmoud Bakri and Aram Sabbagh's raw believability, To a Land Unknown will keep audiences pinned to their seats as they wonder what lengths these characters will go to survive.

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Ann Hornaday Washington Post This is the world as it is, Fleifel seems to be telling us. What it could be is left up to our own moral imagination. Rated: 3/4 Jul 18, 2025 Full Review Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune Chatila’s the emergent protagonist in the script by Fyzal Boulifa, Jason McColgan and director Fleifel, and in the compelling, un-showy performance by Mahmood Bakri, the story’s escalating tensions never feel actor-engineered. Rated: 3/4 Jul 18, 2025 Full Review Glenn Kenny RogerEbert.com The sobering note on which the movie ends recalls a stone-cold classic from a sadly long-gone era of moviemaking. The homage actually functions as a token of this movie’s integrity and heartfelt sadness. Rated: 3/4 Jul 15, 2025 Full Review Sankeerthna Vedamtam MovieJawn To A Land Unknown takes a third option in its gloomy ambiguity and firmly holds to the principle of the true buddy film. The protagonists may be hustlers, but the film makes it clear: the real long con is mutual survival. Aug 19, 2025 Full Review Jessie Wallace Pajiba This is a very strong feature from a promising director that should be seen by those who can see it. Aug 15, 2025 Full Review Robert Stinner In Review Online The stories of Chatila and Reda are compelling narratively, but they carry a weight beyond the scope of the film as symbolic microcosms of the devastating, disorienting effects of generations of displacement. Aug 12, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Andre N Yet another film promoting illegal migrants who, this time are drug addicts who plan to take hostages. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/29/25 Full Review Orin D We saw this fine film last night @. college film series. It is a tense, gripping experience, a film dominated by a sense of foreboding from the git-go. I often felt like I was watching a great documentary rather than a fiction film Highly recommended! BRAVO Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/29/25 Full Review Hamza A A cinematic masterpiece and a heart wrenching look at exile. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/15/25 Full Review Diane P It's a powerful and thought provoking film! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/13/25 Full Review Hamza A. A cinematic masterpiece. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/25/25 Full Review Justin D. The performances are incredible and the story is so timely. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/25/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. But when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan, which involves them posing as smugglers and taking hostages in an effort to get him and his best friend out of their hopeless environment before it is too late.
Director
Mahdi Fleifel
Producer
Geoff Arbourne, Mahdi Fleifel
Screenwriter
Mahdi Fleifel, Fyzal Boulifa, Jason McColgan
Distributor
Watermelon Pictures
Production Co
Inside Out Films, Nakba Filmworks
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 11, 2025, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.5K
Runtime
1h 46m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.66:1)
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