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Simshar

2014 · 105 min

A slow, wrenching story of two parallel sea disasters that builds quiet tension and leaves you with a heavy sense of loss.

Directed by
Rebecca Cremona
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lotfi Abdelli, Jimi Busuttil, Sékouba Doucouré
Tagline
Inspired by true events
Overview
Young Theo is sent on his first trip with his Maltese sea faring family, but things go terribly wrong when the 'Simshar' sinks, leaving the crew stranded in the Mediterranean... Simultaneously, Alex - a medic reluctantly dispatched onto a Turkish Merchant vessel which has rescued a group of stranded African boat people between Malta and Italy - gets stuck on the boat as the countries wage a bureaucratic war over who should take in the migrants... The stories unravel in parallel and culminate tragically when the fishermen are traced down, but by that time there's only one survivor.

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Directed by
Rebecca Cremona
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lotfi Abdelli, Jimi Busuttil, Sékouba Doucouré
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • grief
  • family
  • politics
Places
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Rebecca Cremona
Starring
Lotfi Abdelli, Jimi Busuttil, Sékouba Doucouré, Chrysander Agius, Adrian Farrugia, Clare Agius, Mark Mifsud, Kurt Zammit
Music
Ruben Zahra
Cinematography
Chris Freilich
Runtime
105 min
Country
Malta
Languages
English, Maltese

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