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Adel Darwish | ... | Monir | |
Nathalie Williamsdotter | ... | Moa | |
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Ahmad Fadel | ... | Farid / Monir's cousin |
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Nasreen Aljanabi Larsson | ... | Narina / Yusuf's wife |
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Wafai Laila | ... | Yusuf / refugee |
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Lena B. Eriksson | ... | Karin / Moa's mother |
Sara Sommerfeldt | ... | Angela / Immigration officer | |
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Elias Palin | ... | Nicklas / Moa's boyfriend |
Martin Melin | ... | Border Police 1 | |
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Fredric Hasselbom | ... | Border Police 2 |
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Roger Hynne | ... | Calle / cabin owner |
Amanda Marlon | ... | Moa's Friend | |
Patrick Saxe | ... | Erik / Drunk Man 1 |
Monir has just arrived to Sweden from a war thorn middle eastern country together with his older cousin Farid. They are housed by the Swedish migrations board in a cabin deep in the woods together with another refugee family. He finds solace in the grand, mystical forests surrounding the cabin. Their quiet presence clams him and invites him to set out on a journey of exploration, taking him deeper and deeper in to the woods and his own mind.
I wouldn't call Mounir troubled, for someone who had lost his family alongside his house he is surprisingly sane, the scenes are just breathtaking, performance is done well by most of the cast.
it is nice to watch especially if you know or have ever met a refugee in your life and would like what kinds of horrible things they go through going to a country with completely different culture, the final parts of the movie however showed that they weren't expecting to end it so everything had to be wrapped up, and it was done in a way that stole the charm of the movie away sadly,
would recommend to watch, just watch out for that ending, it will catch you off guard.