Unknown Land

May. 21,2015

Rating：

5.6

Genre：

Fantasy Drama

Keywords：

Castaway Arab Spring Yemen

Trailer Synopsis Cast

The Arab Spring, Yemen 2011. The revolution continues. It's the monsoon season and life goes on smoothly for the inhabitants of Socotra Island. Not far from land, a sailing boat bearing an Israeli flag sinks and the search for survivors begins. A castaway is washed ashore a secluded beach. On the other side of the island, a native dreams of the castaway seeking his help.This adventure begins through the castaway's body, a man who in the sinking of his life sees for the first time a chance to know gratefulness, to be reborn. Will he overthrow destiny? Will he get back alive?

Daniel Plackett as Castaway's Voice

Katia Pantazi as The Woman in the Dreams

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Reviews

Steineded

2015/05/21

How sad is this?

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AshUnow

2015/05/22

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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filippaberry84

2015/05/23

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Derrick Gibbons

2015/05/24

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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