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Simshar (2014)

Inspired by true events

Young Theo is sent on his first trip with his Maltese sea faring family, but things go terribly wrong when the 'Simshar' sinks, leaving the crew stranded in the Mediterranean... Simultaneously, Alex - a medic reluctantly dispatched onto a Turkish Merchant vessel which has rescued a group of stranded African boat people between Malta and Italy - gets stuck on the boat as the countries wage a bureaucratic war over who should take in the migrants... The stories unravel in parallel and culminate tragically when the fishermen are traced down, but by that time there's only one survivor.

Release: 2014-04-27
Runtime: 105 min
Rating: 8 / 10
Cast
Lotfi Abdelli
Lotfi Abdelli
Simon
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Jimi Busuttil
Karmenu
Sékouba Doucouré
Sékouba Doucouré
Moussa
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Chrysander Agius
John
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Adrian Farrugia
Theo
Clare Agius
Clare Agius
Sharin
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Mark Mifsud
Alex
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Kurt Zammit
Aiden
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Pierre Stafrace
Pawlu
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Laura Kpegli
Makeda
Antonella Axisa
Antonella Axisa
Monica
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David Leguesse
Lecca Sailor
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Tumer Gencturk
Murat
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Tesfu Mekonnen
Rahwa's Brother
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Mahlet Grech
Rahwa
Edward Caruana Galizia
Edward Caruana Galizia
Bert
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Lawand Khaled Khaled
Salim
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Louise Ellul
Bureaucrat