A Drowning Man

2017
15m

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6.4/10

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Trailer of A DROWNING MAN by Mahdi Feifel
Denmark, UK, Greece - 2017 - COLOR - 15min.
World Premiere: Cannes International Film Festival 2017 / Competition / Nominated for Palme d'or
SYNOPSIS
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.
Dialogue: Arabic, Greek
Subtitles: English
Director: Mahdi Fleifel
Production: Final Cut For Real, Nakba Filmworks
Co-production: Homemade Films
Distribution: Salaud Morisset - festival@salaudmorisset.com // Website: salaudmorisset.com // Facebook: facebook.com/SalaudMorisset

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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 surviv... Read allAlone 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.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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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

315

YOUR RATING

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 11 wins & 40 nominations total

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mariaque_santan

A(nother) view on immigration

In "A drowning man", Mahdi Fleifel shows a day in the life of a Palestinian immigrant living in Greece. The action starts with the basic human needs, the character just wants to get some money to eat and buy cigarettes. Until he gets it, the director builds a tale of desperation but without falling on a miserabilist nor melodramatic perspective. It's a great short to watch another way of portraying immigration, different from the one shown by big media.

10babycroft85

Poetic and eye opening

This is one of the best angles I've seen on the global refugee crisis. Watch it, it's 15 minutes but its impact is stronger than many feature length films.

10badassiam

When art and politics perfectly mix

A Drowning Man makes visible the terrible situation refugees falls into before our blind eyes and restores sight!

10cineinvisible

So neccesary

We are the team of the Internacional Film Festival of Bilbao "Cine Invisible" and we are very glad to have this short film within our film election for the festival. The story about the refugee in Athens make you feel the problem and the situation very intensly. There are great pictures among the film and the quality is high. These type of creations could make people change their mind and realise how the world in going on like.

10ficslpmx

A great film!

A story with powerfull characters and realistic performance. Mahdi Fleifel , is able to create such a nostalgic, engrossing story like never before. A great and dedicated Director with potential to make you wish to see more of his films!