The allure of finding safety and the chance for an improved existence keeps the dream of reaching a better place alive, especially for people desperate to change their situations—like refugees trying to escape difficult circumstances. Sadly, this promise is often just that – a hope that remains consistently out of reach. Writer-director Mahdi Fleifel’s first narrative feature explores these conditions through the sto…

Chatila (Mahmoud Bakri) and his cousin Reda (Aram Sabbah) are Palestinian refugees living in Athens, attempting to scrape together enough money for counterfeit passports that will allow them entry into Germany. Their ambition is to open a family-run café there. To achieve this, they resort to minor theft, and Reda occasionally works as a sex worker in the park. As their goal comes closer, Reda uses some of their fund…