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To a Land Unknown

To a Land Unknown

20257.11h 46mR

Overview

Cousins Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. When Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to get them out of their desperate situation before it is too late.

Directed by Mahdi Fleifel
Written by Mahdi Fleifel, Jason McColgan, Fyzal Boulifa
Produced by Geoff Arbourne, Mahdi Fleifel, Layla Meijman
Box Office0Revenue: $60K

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Top Cast

Mahmood Bakri

Mahmood Bakri

Chatila

Aram Sabbah

Aram Sabbah

Reda

Angeliki Papoulia

Angeliki Papoulia

Tatiana

M

Mohammad Alsurafa

Malik

Monzer Rayahneh

Monzer Rayahneh

Marwan

Mouataz Alshaltouh

Mouataz Alshaltouh

Abu Love

Mohammad Ghassan

Mohammad Ghassan

Yasser

Manal Awad

Manal Awad

Malik's Auntie

Eleni Karagiorgi

Eleni Karagiorgi

Woman in Park

A

Amal Alaeddine

Reda's Mother

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Themes & Keywords

palestinebased on novel or bookrefugeeathens, greeceaddictiondisplacementsocial injusticesexual exploitationthrillerdrama

About To a Land Unknown

To a Land Unknown is a thriller, crime film released in 2025 exploring themes of palestine, based on novel or book, refugee, athens, greece, addiction, displacement. Directed by Mahdi Fleifel, it stars Mahmood Bakri, Aram Sabbah, Angeliki Papoulia. Cousins Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. When Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to get them out of their desperate situation before it is too late.

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