'Every border implies the violence of its maintenance'
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Directed by Mahdi Fleifel
To a Land Unknown
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A bleak, gritty thriller.
Thriller
Crime
2025
1h 46m
3.8(7.8k)via LetterboxdMahmood Bakri + 4 more
Cousins Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. When Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to get them out of their desperate situation before it is too late.
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6What people say
Devastating. A drama dripping with empathy disguised as a crime thriller. For anyone who has ever known true desperation—living minute to minute, scheme to scheme, drowning in the cognitive dissonance of feeling like a good person with hopes and dreams but presenting to the world like scum because your desperate actions—this will destroy you. Borne of director Mahdi Feliel’s lived experiences and documentarian work, To A Land Unknown is an uncomfortable watch, something like Of Mice and Men or Midnight Cowboy with all the warmth of Good Time. Palestinian refugees trying to reach Europe are trapped in Greece indefinitely, stateless, with little hope beyond the next empty promise.
i do think maybe if he smoked slightly fewer than 250,000 cigarettes a day their financial situation would improve just a little
Common questions
What is To a Land Unknown about?+
Two Palestinian refugees in Athens plot a dangerous scam to afford fake passports and escape their cycle of poverty.
Who directed To a Land Unknown?+
Mahdi Fleifel directed this 2025 drama, which draws on his experience documenting the Palestinian diaspora.
