Amazing film … our film society put this on for us at our cinema in the Towner art gallery … where 'avant-garde' films are shown …
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Poster for the film 'Flee' |
Well - I came out and wrote on my crit sheet one word … 'Exceptional' … it is the most extraordinary film I've ever seen …
The animation is fabulous … the story, based on real life … where archival film footage of events in Afghanistan and this refugee journey have been blended into the animated documentary …
No wonder the film, Flee, has received unanimous acclaim from film festivals and critics …
… it is a wonderful example of the power of art to connect with people on a variety of levels: emotionally, philosophically, historically ...
I do hope you will all make a plan to see this film – it will have to be one of the most moving stories I have ever seen …Another screen capture of the back of a
truck being closed down ... at the start
of the fleeing journey
Brought to us by two friends … the refugee, Amin Nawabi, a pseudonym, and the Danish director, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, who creates this emotionally charged film on Amin's escape from Afghanistan …
Even, the director, Poher Rasmussen is not fully cognisant of 'Amin's' story until the friends sit down in Denmark, where the untelling of the tale occurs and all the nuances appear … The director, and Amin's friend in Denmark
... which are revealed to Poher Rasmussen, and through the revealing to us, the audience …
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This animated documentary: 'Depicts the refugee experience through vivid animation, pushing the boundaries of documentary film-making to present a moving memoir of self-discovery …'
It has to be seen to be believed … please watch!
The Towner Cinema's introduction to the film can be found here …
The Wikipedia page about the film …
Flee trailer c/o Sundance 2021 - 1 min 26 secs
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