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Refuge

Mohammad Gorjestani · USA · Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama · 22 min · 7.2K views
With Fayssal Bazzi, from Late Night with the Devil

Directed by Warwick Young · Starring Fayssal Bazzi, Tom O'Sullivan · 2013

In a 2020 America on the brink of cyberwar with Iran, a young Iranian newcomer faces deportation, and her only way out may cost more than she will pay.

A tense, politically charged sci-fi thriller about immigration and surveillance that feels uncomfortably close to reality.

Set in the United States in 2020, a brewing cyberwar between the US and Iran puts Sonia, a young Iranian who has recently arrived to America, at risk of deportation. Her only escape may come at a greater price than she’s

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