Yunan (2025)

Directed by

Ameer Fakher Eldin

Genre

drama film

Country

Palestine, Jordan, Qatar, Germany

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

12

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An exiled Lebanese author travels to a remote North Sea island to end his life. The elderly woman who runs the island hotel shows him compassion, giving him a reason to want to live again.

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What happens

Yunan (Arabic: يونان) is a 2025 drama film written and directed by Ameer Fakher Eldin. The story follows an exiled Lebanese author, intending to end his life on a remote North Sea island, who finds unexpected hope and a renewed will to live through the compassion of the elderly woman who runs the island's hotel. An international co-production, the film was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its premiere on 19 February. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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