DESCRIPTION
2001, Fahed arrives on UK soil overflowing with aspirations and dreams…
2018, in the thrall of a mid-life crisis, he must now make a decision. Will he continue his humble lifestyle working 50-hours weeks between the take-away and the factory, or will he return to Algeria, a country he fled in the hope of making a better life for himself? Two decades later, after marrying, working two jobs to pay the bills, and picking up a distinct Northern English accent, Fahed decides he wants to go back to his place of birth.
Trapped between two countries, Fahed is also between two cultures: one he’s worked to assimilate into and one he nostalgically longs for but can’t, in reality, face.
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REVIEWS
“Karim Sayad delivers an intense observation of his antihero’s life, as the latter grapples with the dilemmas which torture his existence; an existence which is slowly losing all meaning.”
– Cineuropa, Mariel del Don
“A migration story but from the perspective of someone wanting to go back”
– Variety, Interview with KarimSayad
“A thoughtful portrait of contemporary migrant life.”
– POV, Pat Mullen