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Featuring:
Angeliki Papoulia, Mahmoud Bakri, Manal Awad
Written by:
Fyzal Boulifa
Mahdi Fleifel
Jason McColgan
Directed by:
Mahdi Fleifel
Release Date:
February 14, 2025
Original Title:
إلى أرض مجهولة
Alternate Titles:
Men in the Sun
Vers un pays inconnu
إلى عالم مجهول
نحو أرض مجهولة
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
DFI
DKF (DE)
E.R.T.
EPT
Greek Film Centre
Homemade Films
Inside Out Films
Metafora Production
Nakba FilmWorks
Red Sea Fund
Salaud Morisset
Studio Ruba
ZDF/Arte
Production Countries:
France | Germany | Greece | Netherlands | Palestinian Territory | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
GB: 15 IE: 15A
Runtime: 106
The stakes couldn't be higher for displaced Palestinian refugees Chatila and Reda in this knife-edge drama. The cousins are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens, but 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.
A Palestinian refugee living on the fringes of society in Athens gets ripped off by a smuggler and sets out to seek revenge.
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Art Direction:
Olga Sfetsa
Casting:
Kleopatra Ampatzoglou
Alexandra Koknat
Luna Mouallem
Nour Silbaq
Co-Producer:
Maria Drandaki
Frank Barat
François Morisset
Costume Design:
Konstantina Mardiki
Director:
Mahdi Fleifel
Director of Photography:
Thodoros Mihopoulos
Editor:
Halim Sabbagh
Novel:
Jason McColgan
Original Music Composer:
Nadah El Shazly
Producer:
Geoff Arbourne
Mahdi Fleifel
Layla Meijman
Maarten van der Ven
Production Designer:
Ioanna Soulele
Screenplay:
Mahdi Fleifel
Fyzal Boulifa
Jason McColgan
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