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Flee (2021)

PG-1306/17/2021Documentary, Animation1h 29m

Sometimes it takes years to start living your life

Overview

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Amin Nawabi

    Self (voice)

  2. Daniel Karimyar

    Amin (9-11 years old) (voice)

  3. Fardin Mijdzadeh

    Amin (15-18 years old) (voice)

  4. Milad Eskandari

    Saif (8 years old) (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    Belal Faiz

    Saif (13-19 years old) (voice)

  6. Elaha Faiz

    Fahima (13-18 years old) (voice)

  7. Zahra Mehrwarz

    Fahima (28 years old) (voice)

  8. Sadia Faiz

    Sabia (16-26 years old) (voice)

  9. Georg Jagunov

    Human Trafficker (voice)

Everybody has a story that deserves to be told, and an Afghan refugee’s personal narrative of oppression and the pursuit of a better life is portrayed in “Flee.” Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen animates a discussion between himself and his anonymous friend “Amin,” a man that has had one hell of an existence. Amin recounts his dramatic story through his own words, beginning when he was a young boy in Afghanistan in the 1980s to his incredible journey that made him the man he is today. The hand-drawn animation is a poetic way to not only tell the man’s story, but to protect his identity. Amin’...

Status Released

Original LanguageDanish 

Budget$3,400,000.00

Revenue $712,229.00

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