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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)

I loved **EVERYTHING** about this film. Jonas Rasmussen apparently is best friends with Amin, who just happens to be a Afghani who had to escape during Afghanistan's civil war because his father was one of the "_desaparecidos_" (to borrow the Chilean term of those silently murdered during Pinochet's rule). Sounds ordinary? But oh no it isn't. Now in his mid-30s, living in Denmark, gay, and having a boyfriend who wants to get married, Amin realizes that to have any quality of life, he must confront his past, and the horrible secret he's kept for most of his life. This film is the result. ...

Status Released

Original LanguageDanish 

Budget$3,400,000.00

Revenue $712,229.00

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