An animated documentary telling the true story about a man’s need to confront his past in order to truly have a future. Amin arrived as an unaccompanied minor in Denmark from Afghanistan. Today, at 36, he is a successful academic and is getting married to his long-time boyfriend. A secret he has been hiding for over 20 years threatens to ruin the life he has built for himself. For the first time, he is sharing his story with his close friend.
| Original title | Flugt |
|---|---|
| Danish title | Flugt |
| Director | Jonas Poher Rasmussen |
| Screenplay | Jonas Poher Rasmussen |
| Producer | Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte de La Gournerie |
| Editor | Janus Billeskov Jansen |
| Composer | Uno Helmersson |
| Casting | Gro Terp |
| Production country | Denmark |
| International sales | Cinephil - Philippa Kowarsky Production Ltd. / Levontin Street 18 / 65112 Tel Aviv / t +972 3566 4129 / f +972 3560 1436 / info@cinephil.co.il / cinephil.com |
| Comment | World premiere at Sundance 2021 and European premiere at Göteborg. Jonas Poher Rasmussen made his feature-length debut with 'Searching for Bill' (2012), a mix of documentary and fiction, and is also behind the biographical documentary 'What He Did' (2015). |
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