PREVIEW, SEEKING REFUGE

DRIFT (15)

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Director: Anthony Chen
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat, Honor Swinton Byrne
UK/France/Greece, 2023, 1 hour 33 minutes, English

A piercing take on seeking refuge focuses on the interior life of a young West African woman forced into hiding on a Greek island. Singaporean director Anthony Chen’s (Ilo Ilo) first English language film follows Jacqueline (played with real presence by Cynthia Erivo), a survivor of horrific violence in her home country of Liberia, eking out an existence among the sun worshippers on a Greek resort. Brief flashbacks reveal glimpses of the trauma she has escaped from but a growing friendship with outgoing American tour guide Callie sees her gradually put together the fractured pieces that make up her past.

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