Cousins Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. When Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to get them out of their desperate situation before it is too late.
Acting
Bakri and Sabbah's chemistry feels dangerously lived-in
Direction
Fleifel merges documentary eye with thriller tension
Production
Athens becomes a character: beautiful, hostile, indifferent
Director
Mahdi Fleifel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fleifel, Palestinian-Danish, shot documentary footage in Athens refugee camps for years before fictionalizing this story—explains the unbearable authenticity.
The 'fake smugglers' premise mirrors real 2015-2016 cases where stranded refugees posed as facilitators to fund their own escapes. Truth bleeds through.
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