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6.7/10 • 20

2024-02-091h 33m

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After fleeing civil war in Liberia, a formerly-privileged refugee is barely scraping by in her new life in Greece when she strikes up an unexpected friendship with a rootless tour guide.

Directors
Anthony Chen
Writters
Susanne Farrell, Alexander Maksik
Editors
Susanne Farrell, Hoping Chen

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Cynthia Erivo

    Cynthia Erivo

    Jacqueline Kamara

  2. Alia Shawkat

    Alia Shawkat

    Callie

  3. Ibrahima Ba

    Ibrahima Ba

    Ousmane

  4. Honor Swinton Byrne

    Honor Swinton Byrne

    Helen

  5. Zainab Jah

    Zainab Jah

    Etweda Kamara

  6. Suzy Bemba

    Suzy Bemba

    Saifa

  7. Vincent Vermignon

    Vincent Vermignon

    Michael

  8. Abigail Boyd

    Abigail Boyd

    Adele

  9. Amanda Drew

    Amanda Drew

    Sonia

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CinemaSerf

Mar 20, 2024

6/10

To be honest, I was a little disappointed with this story. It's clear that Cynthia Erivo has put her heart and soul into it, but the story just has too many holes in it for me. We first meet her "Jacqueline" character as she wanders the streets of a small greek island town pinching the sugar sachets. Quickly, we discover that she has barely more than the clothes she stands up in, sleeps on a blanket in a sheltered cave and gets about blagging trips on tourist buses. Via flashbacks we are told of her privileged background in her native Liberia and of a love affair with a British woman (Honor Swinton Byrne) in London, and what's clear is that neither idyll seems destined to endure. The former, indeed, is played out across the course of the film in a rather brutally predicable fashion. Fortunately, she encounters tour guide "Callie" (Alia Shawkat) who's getting a bit fed up with the day-in day-out routine with her elderly visitors who just want to say they've "done" the place. Gradually the two start to bond and maybe there's a little light at the end of the tunnel for "Jacqueline"? Both women deliver well enough here, but there are just too many elements missing or under-developed. How did she get here for a start? Too much of her trauma has to be assumed or guessed at and not that I wanted graphic scenes, I did want to know a little more about just what made "Jacqueline" tick. The production is all adequate, and for a while the repetitive photography serves well to illustrate the dead-end nature of her existence, but I just think this missed an opportunity to develop the story of "Jacqueline" a bit more comprehensively.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Greek
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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