The opinion of the “world” – to see
Intranquilles days in Athens. Reda and Chatila, two cousins, Palestinian refugees from Lebanon, share neither more nor less the galley. No horizon in sight in this capital of Greece, from the squat where they laid their bags. Only the prospect of one day reaching Germany to open a restaurant there gives them a course. Chatila (Mahmood Bakri) would bring his wife there, and Reda (Aram Sabbah, Skateboard star) would unroll the carpet to customers with his chat.
But from the dream to reality there is a chasm, sums up the title of this fiction of Mahdi Fleifel, born in 1979, Palestinian emigrated to Denmark, To an unknown country. This first feature film selected at the Fifteen of the filmmakers, in Cannes, in 2024, opens onto a terribly topical quote, from the literary critic and Palestinian militant Edward Saïd (1935-2003): “The fate of the Palestinians is in a way not to end up on their original lands, but rather in an unexpected and distant place. »»
Chatila and Reda are not sure of anything, except one thing: they need money for their false passports and they employ themselves, combines in the flights. Here a stolen bag in a public garden, there a pass out of sight: Reda gauge the city in automatic mode, takes what presents itself, then stalls at full speed on its board. With his imploring air, he is not one to scare the passer -by. However, it is the little bit of bitumen, the bad boy unscrupulous.
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