Flee

A quietly devastating and intimate portrait that uses animation to guard secrets while opening a painful past, leaving you moved and thoughtful.

Directed by

Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Genres

Documentary, Animation

Starring

Amin Nawabi, Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh

Tagline

Sometimes it takes years to start living your life

Overview

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Measured and demanding.

About

Trauma, identity, family, isolation

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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