Unknown Land

May 21, 2015

1h 18m

★ 10.0

The movie that divided the Arab World

Overview

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?

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

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Cast

Castaway

Manos Kokoromitis

Socotra Man

Shaiya Salem

Castaway's Voice

Daniel Plackett

The Woman in the Dreams

Katia Pantazi

Voice News

Suhad Nierat

Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River - only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a new life as a castaway. His antics catch the attention of a young woman whose apartment overlooks the river. Her discovery changes both their lives.

3.8

O Martelo de Vulcano

Oct 10, 2003

The five youngsters must prevent Nefasto from possessing the mythical Vulcan's hammer who grants an immeasurable power to its owner.

6.3

Male and Female

Nov 23, 1919

When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.

1.0

The Land That Time Forgot

Jan 24, 2025

Present-day survivors of a sunken naval vessel capture a Russian sub, only to find themselves stranded on an island filled with deadly, prehistoric creatures

6.4

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Mar 9, 2012

A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

6.9

I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced

Dec 11, 2014

Ten-year-old Nojoom was forced to marry a 30-year-old man. The dowry offered the family a small income and 'one less mouth to feed'. Nojoom discovers that her life will take a turn for the worse. Her husband is indifferent to her age. Every day after she is wedded, the child works under harsh conditions and every night, the child-bride is raped by a man 20 years older than her. A legitimate and acceptable arrangement for all, except for Nojoom.

0.0

Insular

Oct 3, 2024

The only survivor of an illegal boat trip bound for Puerto Rico struggles to survive in a deserted isle. As time passes, the castaway comes to believe the island is testing him by granting him what he needs if he chooses to stay.

7.7

The Square

Jun 7, 2013

The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.

8.0

Unfold

Sep 28, 2012

Elias and Susan in New York, between love, exile, and the Arabic revolution.

6.6

As I Open My Eyes

Dec 23, 2015

Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Revolution: Farah, 18 years old, has just graduated and her family already sees her as a future doctor. But she doesn't have the same idea. She sings in a political rock band, has a passion for life, gets drunk, discovers love and her city by night against the wishes of her mother Hayet, who knows Tunisia and its dangers all too well.

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5.1

A New Day in Old Sana'a

Jan 1, 2005

Tariq's aristocratic family has arranged for him to marry Bilquis, the daughter of a rich judge. However, while out in the city one night, he catches sight of a woman he believes to be Bilquis, and falls in love with her. The woman turns out to be an orphan from the lower class - a henna artist named Ines.

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6.8

Náufragos

May 2, 2012

Two castaways separated by distance. All their hopes are pinned in the bottles that they just launch to the sea. A travel across the ocean looking for a hand to pick them up. Will they get someone to listen?

0.0

The sound of the sea

Aug 18, 2022

A castaway and an eccentric sailor hunt down an ancient creature that may or may not be real.

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0.0

The Twilight Hour

Nov 11, 2014

Sohrab, a young Iranian soldier, finds himself face-to-face with his fellow citizens during a demonstration.

8.0

Crimes de guerre au Yémen, les complicités européennes

Apr 23, 2019

A look at the arms manufacturers supplying Saudi Arabia

6.0

Sunny Side Up

Jan 1, 1985

A castaway on a desert island loses himself in his imagination.

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5.7

The Uprising

Oct 1, 2013

The Uprising shows us the Arab revolutions from the inside. It is a multi- camera, first-person account of that fragile, irreplaceable moment when life ceases to be a prison, and everything becomes possible again.

10.0

Algérie, la vie toujours

Jan 1, 2001

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0.0

We Are Egypt

Aug 10, 2012

In the 14 months prior to the revolution, filmmaker Lillie Paquette follows key opposition figures and young activists as they struggle against the odds and at great personal risk to remove an uncompromising US-backed regime.

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