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Two men sit on a planter in a city

To a Land Unknown

  Mahdi Fleifel

  United Kingdom, Palestine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia     105 minutes

Synopsis

Displaced Palestinian cousins Chatila and Reda are stuck in Athens. They live in a crowded group home with other migrants, and steal and save what they can to pay for fake passports that will take them to Germany. When Reda relapses into his addictions and spends all their savings, Chatila devises what seems like a foolproof smuggling operation to earn the money back fast. Then things go terribly awry, and the cousins must concoct an even more sinister scheme in order to save themselves and their families back home.

With an intimate and naturalistic lens on the cousins’ bond and shared dream of a better life, To a Land Unknown is a tightly drawn thriller that presents an audacious, moving testament to the dire circumstances faced by migrants in purgatory.

 Arabic, Greek, English with subtitles

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Screenings & Events

Screening

Thu, Oct 24 @ 12:30pm CDT

at Gene Siskel Film Center, screen 2

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Screening

Fri, Oct 25 @ 8:00pm CDT

at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 01

Media

Film Credits

  •   Geoff Arbourne, Mahdi Fleifel
  •   Mahdi Fleifel, Fyzal Boulifa, Jason McColgan
  •   Halim Sabbagh
  •   Thodoris Mihopoulos (GSC)
  •   Mahmood Bakri (Chatila), Aram Sabbagh (Reda), Angeliki Papoulia (Tatiana), Mohammad Alsurafa (Malik), Mouataz Alshalton (Abu Love), Mohammad Ghassan (Yasser), Monzer Reyahnah (Marwan)
  •   Nadah El Shazly
  •   Elisa Van Waeyenberge, François De Villers, Frank Barat, Sawsan Asfari
  •   Inside Out Films, Nakba Filmworks, Salaud Morisset, Salaud Morisset Deutschland, Homemade Films, Studio Ruba

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