a brilliantly pithy script, which boasts a kind of elegant clarity... superb plot twists... strong acting... a phenomenal ending... and a number of unforgettable vignettes.
... multidimensional, and both elemental and complex.
… there’s palpable tragedy in The Stranger’s specifics and Adnan’s mission to do good… the ability for audiences to engage will come down to a tolerance for slower storytelling …
… an incredibly ambitious take on a period drama, tripling as a coming-of-age story and a survival thriller while managing to turn a lack of visual clarity into an artistic
The leading Palestinian filmmaker’s latest screened at the Red Sea International Film Festival, where we spoke to him and leading lady Manal Awad about the thriller with a message.