To a Land Unknown

Palestinian refugees seek a better life, whatever it takes.

...a brilliantly acted tale of moral complexity.

Writer-director Mahdi Fleifel follows in the footsteps of the Dardenne brothers with the dramatic, sociopolitical thriller To a Land Unknown.

...presents illegal endeavours without excuses, save for context. The tragedy for these characters in is that there is no way out but through.

The sobering note on which the movie ends recalls a stone-cold classic from a sadly long-gone era of moviemaking. The homage actually functions as a token of this movie’s integrity and heartfelt sadness.

...with its intimate gaze at stateless survivors, has the added benefit of wrapping its incisive observations about moral compromise in a tight story of crime gone wrong.