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إلى عالم مجهول / To a Land Unknownإلى عالم مجهول / To a Land Unknown

إلى عالم مجهول / To a Land Unknown

Thursday, October 17, 2024

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

North Park Theatre

Venue Website ⟶

Mahdi Fleifel (Dir), 105 minutes, Greece/ Denmark/ United Kingdom/ Netherlands/ Qatar/ Saudi Arabia/ Palestine, Western New York Premiere

In Arabic, English, and Greek w/ English subtitles.

Chatila (Mahmood Bakri) and Reda (Aram Sabbah) are Palestinian refugees living in Athens and are trying to save what little money they can acquire to purchase fake passports so they can move to Germany. When Reda spends all their money on heroin, Chatila is drawn into a high-risk smuggling plot.

Dogtooth's Angeliki Papoulia, Manal Awad, and Mohammad Ghassan also star.

  • Video from إلى عالم مجهول / To A Land Unknown

    Directed by: Mahdi Fleifel

    Still from إلى عالم مجهول / To A Land Unknown

    Still from إلى عالم مجهول / To A Land Unknown

    Directed by: Mahdi Fleifel

Thursday, October 17, 2024

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

North Park Theatre

Venue Website ⟶

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