Novel
Un joven pakistaní (Riz Ahmed) licenciado en Princeton y que vive en Nueva York desea con todas sus ganas alcanzar el éxito empresarial como analista financiero en Wall Street. Pero las circustancias hacen que se vea envuelto en un conflicto entre su sueño americano, una crisis de rehenes, y la llamada permanente de la patria de su familia.
Screenstory
Un joven pakistaní (Riz Ahmed) licenciado en Princeton y que vive en Nueva York desea con todas sus ganas alcanzar el éxito empresarial como analista financiero en Wall Street. Pero las circustancias hacen que se vea envuelto en un conflicto entre su sueño americano, una crisis de rehenes, y la llamada permanente de la patria de su familia.
Novel
The feature adaptation of the novel which tackles the global refugee crisis and takes place in an unidentified country in the Middle East, where young Saeed and burqa-wearing Nadia flee their home after Saeed’s mother is killed by a stray bullet stemming from violent clashes between guerrillas and the local government. The couple joins other migrants traveling to safer havens via carefully guarded doors. Through one door, they wind up in a crowded camp on the Greek Island of Mykonos. Through another, they secure a private room in an abandoned London mansion populated mostly by displaced Nigerians. A third door takes them to California’s Marin County. In each location, their relationship is tested by their struggle to find food, adequate shelter and a sense of belonging among emigrant communities. The allegorical tale shows the contrast between the migrants’ tenuous daily reality and that of the privileged native population who’d prefer that they disappear.
