Shmuli is alone with his 5 years old son and lives with his parents. He works as security guard to make money to fulfill his dream of moving to USA. He falls in love with the young and beautiful Amina, but their love is troubled as he is Jewish and she is from Pakistan.
Acting
David Dencik's desperate, tender desperation as Shmuli breaks your heart.
Direction
Espinosa finds beauty in cramped apartments and dead-end jobs.
Writing
Dialogue that feels improvised but cuts like a knife.
Director
Daniel Espinosa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Espinosa's feature debut before Hollywood came calling—his Swedish working-class lens never felt this raw again.
The 0.0 TMDB rating isn't a glitch; the film barely existed outside Denmark until streaming resurrected it as a hidden gem.
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