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A Drowning Man (2017)

| Short, Drama | 16 March 2018 (USA)
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Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.

Director:

Mahdi Fleifel

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Mahdi Fleifel

Stars:

Atef Alshafei, Jalal Qaniry, Thymios Koukios | See full cast & crew »
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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 9 wins & 35 nominations. See more awards »

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Cast

Cast overview:
Atef Alshafei Atef Alshafei ... The Kid
Jalal Qaniry Jalal Qaniry ... Bis
Thymios Koukios Thymios Koukios ... The Man
Rebih El-Saleous Rebih El-Saleous ... Fatah
Mounir Alkhateeb Mounir Alkhateeb ... Abu Love
Irene Aggelopoulou Irene Aggelopoulou ... Shop Assistant
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Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.

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Denmark | UK | Greece

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Arabic | Greek

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16 March 2018 (USA) See more »

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Athens, Greece
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€100,000 (estimated)
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Final Cut for Real, Nakba Filmworks See more »
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1 August 2018 | by cineinvisible – See all my reviews

We are the team of the Internacional Film Festival of Bilbao "Cine Invisible" and we are very glad to have this short film within our film election for the festival. The story about the refugee in Athens make you feel the problem and the situation very intensly. There are great pictures among the film and the quality is high. These type of creations could make people change their mind and realise how the world in going on like.
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