Directed by:
Joyce A. NashawatiScreenplay:
Joyce A. NashawatiCinematography:
Giorgos ArvanitisCast:
Ziad Bakri, Mimi Denissi, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Yannis Stankoglou, Gwendoline Hamon, Andreas Marianos, Vangelis Papatzanakis, Theodoros Kandiliotis (more)Plots(1)
Ashraf (Ziad Bakri of Elia Suleiman's The Time That Remains) is a foreigner with a simple job: house-sitting a French expat's seaside villa on a lonely stretch of the coast. Or at least it seems like a simple job, until a sadistic police officer takes away his residence permit, leaving him stranded in a hostile country. Ashraf's attempts to get his papers back land him in a bureaucratic purgatory, and he descends into paranoia. As the locals eye him with mistrust and he tries to find relief from the crushing heat of the Mediterranean sun, he senses a menacing presence creeping ever closer, pushing him over the edge into a destructive nightmare. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Ziad Bakri
Israel
Best movies:
Self Made (2014)
The Time That Remains (2009)
Miral (2010)
Mimi Denissi
Greece
Best movies:
Escape to Athena (1979)
The Greek Tycoon (1978)
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
France
Best movies:
The Sentinel (1992)
Ouistreham (2021)
Lost Illusions (2021)
Yannis Stankoglou
Best movies:
Xenia (2014)
Hardcore (2004)
The Waiter (2018)
Gwendoline Hamon
France
Best movies:
Une belle course (2022)
Le Grand Restaurant (2010) (TV movie)
And If We All Lived Together (2011)
Giorgos Gallos
Best movies:
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