Exit West

January. 01,0001      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The feature adaptation of the novel which tackles the global refugee crisis and takes place in an unidentified country in the Middle East, where young Saeed and burqa-wearing Nadia flee their home after Saeed’s mother is killed by a stray bullet stemming from violent clashes between guerrillas and the local government. The couple joins other migrants traveling to safer havens via carefully guarded doors. Through one door, they wind up in a crowded camp on the Greek Island of Mykonos. Through another, they secure a private room in an abandoned London mansion populated mostly by displaced Nigerians. A third door takes them to California’s Marin County. In each location, their relationship is tested by their struggle to find food, adequate shelter and a sense of belonging among emigrant communities. The allegorical tale shows the contrast between the migrants’ tenuous daily reality and that of the privileged native population who’d prefer that they disappear.

Riz Ahmed as  Saeed

Reviews

Mehdi Hoffman
0001/01/01

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

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Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin
0001/01/02

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

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Taha Avalos
0001/01/03

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Zlatica
0001/01/04

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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