One passport. Two hours. Infinite ways to lose yourself.
A young Syrian refugee Lara, fights to maintain her innocence when she's detained by U.S. Homeland Security after her father is identified as the suicide bomber of a terrorist attack at an airport in London.
Acting
Maria Zreik's silent resistance speaks volumes.
Direction
Alnaim traps you in Lara's shrinking world.
Writing
Every question Agent Larkin asks is a small violence.
Director
Hajar Alnaim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Hajar Alnaim, a Saudi filmmaker, made this as her thesis project at USC—turning academic interrogation into literal cinematic interrogation.
The entire film was shot in a single room with natural light only, forcing the audience to experience Lara's temporal disorientation—no clocks, no windows, no escape.
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