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LIMBO – Review by Diane Carson

April 29, 2021May 6, 2021 Diane Carson Amir El-Masry, Ben Sharrock, limbo, Sidse Babett Kundsen, Vakash Bhai

Though millions of people have experienced displacement, struggling to survive as refugees, it strikes me as very difficult to understand what that truly feels like, as different as it may be for each. Welcome, then, writer/director Ben Sharrock’s Limbo that perceptively imagines and communicates one such situation with a surprising amount of humor though never ignoring the pain and loneliness.

Festivals Reviews

LIMBO (TIFF20) – Review by Pam Grady

September 22, 2020September 23, 2020 Pam Grady 0 Comments Amir El-Masry, Ben Sharrock, limbo, TIFF, toronto international film festival

A Syrian refugee awaits the deposition of his asylum request in a state of discombobulation on a remote, rural island in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides in writer/director Ben Sharrock’s low-key melancholy drama. This is a drama of observation, character, and mood. Sharrock turned to inspiration for his story to Syrian friends.