Refuge

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Refuge, is a 2017 Saudi movie, directed by Mohammed Alsultan, and starring Dima Mawas, Timothy Patrick Quill, Brian Flaccus. with a runtime of 15 minutes.

Overview

Malja' (Refuge) is a tense and deeply human drama that shines a light on the precarious reality of refugees fleeing persecution. When a group of refugees is intercepted and captured by border patrol officers, one woman manages to break free and run — escaping into an unfamiliar foreign land where she knows no one and has nothing. What follows is a quiet, determined struggle for survival: navigating an alien environment alone, stripped of safety, resources, and community. The film tells her story with restraint and empathy, placing the audience inside the physical and psychological isolation that defines the refugee experience. A powerful and unsettling portrait of displacement, Refuge asks urgent questions about humanity, borders, and what it means to have nowhere left to go.

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