The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)

Israel's Mossad agents attempt to rescue Ethiopian Jewish refugees in Sudan in 1979.

Director:

Gideon Raff

Writer:

Gideon Raff

Stars:

Mbulelo Grootboom, Sizo Mahlangu, Michael Kenneth Williams

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mbulelo Grootboom	...	Ethiopian Rebel Commander
Sizo Mahlangu	...	Ethiopian Rebel Soldier
Michael Kenneth Williams	...	Kabede Bimro
Masasa Mbangeni	...	Mother
Setlhabi Jacob Taunyane	...	Grandfather (as Setlhabi Taunyane)
Ditebogo Ledwaba	...	Daughter
Motsi Tekateka	...	Father
Reabetswe Modiga	...	Tespha
Taye Tagese Leimango	...	Neighbor
Alessandro Nivola	...	Sammy Navon
Chris Evans	...	Ari Levinson
Simphiwe Ndhlebe	...	Metdel (Drowning Ethiopian Girl)
Yossi Vasa	...	Retta
Greg Kinnear	...	Walton Bowen
Faheem Vally	...	Driver

Storyline

Inspired by remarkable true life rescue missions, this is the incredible story of a group of Mossad agents and brave Ethiopians who in the early 80s used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel. The undercover team carrying out this mission is led by the charismatic Ari Kidron and courageous local Kabede Bimro.

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Plot Keywords:

israeli navy | 1980s | based on true story | refugee | ethiopian jew | 

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Taglines:

Inspired by real events

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Genres:

Drama | History | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chris Evans and Michiel Huisman were born in 1981, the same year the movie takes place.

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Goofs

The movie states the events took place in 1980 but in one of the scenes, they used the Duran Duran song "Hungry Like A Wolf" which was actually released two years later in 1982. The character Sammy sings the words to the song while strumming a guitar around a fire.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Kabede Bimro: [narrating] My country is once again broken. Death is spreading. The new government is waging a war against the rebels. The rivers again have turned red with blood. Thousands dead. Millions disfigured, dishonored, displaced.

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Connections

References The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

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Soundtracks

Leila - Live Version
Written and Performed by Ali Nazari
Courtesy of Caltex Trd, Inc.

User Reviews

Better Than Expected

Reading the description I went into this with medial expectations thinking this would be a tears of the sun movie of 1st world military saves 3rd world.

What I got was actually some interesting dialogue, some good acting and overall an interesting movie.

A fun action flick that kept me entertained from the start to the end, had some exciting moments, some sad moments and the fact that it was based on a true story made it interesting, the photos of the actual hotel and team brought it together.

Its probably going to get some hate from the Israel haters, but screw those troll clowns, dont feed them.

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English Amharic

Release Date:

31 July 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Red Sea Diving Resort

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

BRON Studios, EMJAG Productions, Shaken Not Stirred

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1