Limbo

20202020
RR
1h 44min

Limbo (2020)

Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.

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Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.

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Awards
- 8 wins & 15 nominations total

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Limbo is a wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience, set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. It centers on Omar (Amir El-Masry), a young Syrian musician who is burdened by his grandfather's oud, the king of Arabic music instruments, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.

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Taglines
- Waiting is a Group Effort
Genre
- Drama
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Film was shot in the Scottish Isles ... Outer Hebrides

Crazy credits
No animals or chickens were harmed in the making of this film.

Connections
Features Friends: The One Where Chandler Crosses the Line (1997)

Soundtracks
It Started With A Kiss
Written by Errol Brown
Performed by Hot Chocolate

Top review

8/10

Same road but different approach.

The writer / director achieved what I can call the hero change from within , where the protagonist took the same open road at the end but the journey changed him completely. From my humble opinion, this is how a festival film should look like. Although a lot of films tried to tackle the Syrian refugee case but this film was totally different, using filmmaking to tell the story in an artistic and sarcastic way.

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a-moawad
Dec 10, 2020

Release date
- April 30, 2021 (United States)
Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Official site
- Official site
Languages
- English
- Arabic
Also known as
- 失落園
Filming locations
- North Uist, Western Isles, Scotland, UK
Production companies
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Gross US & Canada
- $224,405
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $84,710
- May 2, 2021
Gross worldwide
- $621,020

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Runtime
- 1h 44min
Color
- Color

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