Kingdom of Strangers

At a glance

Kingdom of Strangers, is a 2022 Egyptian movie, directed by Randa Ali, and starring Hazem Madbouly, Reem Jubran. with a runtime of 15 minutes.

Overview

Kingdom of Strangers is a contemplative film set on the Pacific coast of Los Angeles, where Ali and Yaffa struggle to hold onto the memories of the Arab Mediterranean cities they have left behind. Living between two worlds, they grapple with the slow erosion of place, language, and identity that distance imposes. The film is a poetic meditation on exile and longing, asking what it means to carry a homeland within you when return feels impossibly remote — a quiet and affecting portrait of lives lived at the threshold between past and present.

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