A Drowning Man
6.5
Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.
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Atef Alshafei
The Kid
Jalal Qaniry
Bis
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Thymios Koukios
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Rebih El-Saleous
Fatah
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Mounir Alkhateeb
Abu Love
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Irene Aggelopoulou
Shop Assistant
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Giorgos Chaviaros
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Mahdi Fleifel Director · Vasco Viana Cinematographer Michael Aaglund Editor
United States release March 16, 2018 · Produced in Denmark, Greece, United Kingdom · Languages Arabic, English, Greek
Production
Homemade Films
Production
Final Cut for Real
Production
Nakba FilmWorks
Production
Det Danske Filminstitut
Production
AFAC
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Denmark · Greece · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · Greek
Release dates
France · May 17, 2017
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · March 16, 2018
Premiere · Miami Film Festival
Canada
September 10, 2017 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
November 4, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Greece
December 13, 2017 · Premiere · Thess International Short Film Festival
Iceland
September 28, 2017 · Premiere · Reykjavík International Film Festival
Romania
May 17, 2017 · Premiere
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