Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years. A thrilling documentary made with a blend of animation and archive footage tells an immensely powerful tale of a gay Afghan survivor and his 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. FLEE weaves together a stunning tapestry of images and memories to tell the deeply affecting and original story of a young man grappling with his traumatic past in order to find his true self and the meaning of home.
- Released: 2021-06-17
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Genre: Animation, Documentaries
- Stars: Rashid Aitouganov, Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz, Elaha Faiz, Zahra Mehrwarz, Sadia Faiz, Georg Jagunov, Navid Nazir, Hafiz Højmark, Denis Rivin, Vadim Nedaskovskij, Viktor Melnikov, Mikhail Belinson, Ditte Graa Wulff, Bo Asdal Andersen, The Dungeon Master, Behrouz Bigdeli, Christian Torp Carlsen, Gustaf Georg Lindström, Tormod Ringnes, Susanna Azevedo, Mauricio González-Aranda, Shabbir Showne, Amin Nawabi, Rashid Aitouganov, Jean-Pierre Pernaut
- Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Comments
- AvionPrince16 - 29 September 2022
Secrets, lies and an escape to a country in war
A movie that cant let you indifferent with that man who told his story and all the difficulties: money, sexual orientation(he is gay), his culture and the difficulties in other country ( papers, passport, money, families). A movie who really tell a story without any artificial things: he tells the story without any way to please us : just how things happened. The animation mix also some reality by showing us the real images of some events. We have also the fear to be rejected because he is gay but the family will accept him even because of this. We have also some horrible things: corruption, human traffic. And some of others things more enjoyable: that the man will enjoy in a gay bar and thats good for him and he will find his husband and get married after. I love the movie because of the subjects it bring to us and show us some realities of some countries who are in war. Its a touching story and everyone can relate to some events of what that young men experienced in his life. An emotional story and some historical events too about migrants. - saba_neshat - 9 June 2022
I felt it
This story will hit you hard if you're already from middle east :) When you're not safe in your own country and have to leave it behind (in case you're lucky enough to be able to do that!) I cried thorough all of it.
It's just sad how this is our destiny and a lot of us aren't even lucky enough to survive!
Just living in fear, struggling for our basic needs, petrified.. - JoBloTheMovieCritic - 26 March 2022
Flee
7/10 - mostly engaging story is most memorable for its unique storytelling style that transcends standard, more mainstream animation and really pushes the boundaries of cinema.
