Milad Alami’s 'Opponent' uses the refugee crisis to tell a gripping story about masculinity and family values. Our Berlinale2023 review:
While war, famine, and political persecution have been part of our life since the dawn of society, for the last decade, we’ve been experiencing a new refugee crisis, as recent conflicts in the Middle East bring thousands of people to Europe. And as art is our favorite way to better understand the world around us, it’s not surprising to find more and more refugee stories in theaters.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Inside the hotel, Iman’s family has to share a small bedroom and do whatever they can to rebuild their life after running away from Iran in the middle of the night, supposedly because the patriarch was wrongly accused of rebelling against the country’s totalitarian government. After two years in Sweden, Iman’s family is still trapped in bureaucratic hell while waiting for the visa request to be accepted.
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