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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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Wendy Ide Observer (UK) The hard-scrabble gutter existence is vividly captured by a restless, questioning camera, but we learn the most from Bakri’s superb performance, as he wrestles with guilt over what he has become. Rated: 4/5 Feb 18, 2025 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) It’s slickly shot and smartly performed, with Bakri especially holding strong self-tortured focus throughout. Rated: 4/5 Feb 14, 2025 Full Review Jonathan Romney Financial Times To a Land Unknown is bitterly unsentimental, but it has a dark streak of humour, and real tenderness too — above all in its depiction of the relationship between Chatila and Reda... which carries distinct echoes of Midnight Cowboy. Feb 14, 2025 Full Review Hilary A White Sunday Independent (Ireland) Fleifel makes his feature debut with a festival favourite that builds to an excruciating, if dour, crescendo of stakes. Underlying the piano-wire tension is a sorry fable about displacement and trauma that is all too relevant to these times. Rated: 4/5 Feb 14, 2025 Full Review James Saynor The Arts Desk ...an instantly engrossing piece of storytelling done to stylish standards. Rated: 4/5 Feb 14, 2025 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Director Mahdi Fleifel finds a warm tone, even as the film never flinches from the darker angles of the story. This is a complex exploration of what someone is willing to do when they are desperate for a sense of security. Rated: 4/5 Feb 13, 2025 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
Production Co
Inside Out Films, Nakba Filmworks
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Arabic
Runtime
1h 46m