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Information
- Year
- 2020
- Runtime
- 104 min.
- Director
- Ben Sharrock
- Genre
- Drama
- Rating *
- 7.2
- Votes *
- 0
- Checks
- 146
- Favs
- 14
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 9.6% (1:10)
- Favs/dislikes
- 14:0
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Siskoid
Chronicling a year in the life of a Syrian refugee awaiting an asylum decision on a small Scottish island, Limbo draws its humor from a reverse fish out of water story where Omar seems very normal, but the Brits are odd and quirky to the point of alienation. I say reversed because it's not about the "foreigner" making funny mistakes, but rather being forced to interact with funny-strange characters. In French we have the word "dépaysé" to denote the feeling of being out of place, and it literally means "un-countried", a pun with meanings that are all true in the film. Constrained emotions in a constrained aspect ratio, a bleak landscape, unfriendly faces (but not necessarily unfriendly people), all work towards this atmosphere. It's funny in an understated way, but it's of course also profoundly sad. Sad, but hopeful too. And it feels authentic to the refugee experience, with different stories/realities addressed through the other people stuck in Limbo, neither dead nor alive, but idling while some bureaucracy out there shuffles papers perhaps forever. A must see! 1 year 5 months ago