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Simshar

8.0/10
TMDB3 votes
Original: 105 min

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.

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About Simshar

Inspired by true events

Simshar (2014) is a film in the drama genres. Directed by . The cast includes Lotfi Abdelli, Jimi Busuttil, Sékouba Doucouré, Chrysander Agius.

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Runtime
105 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Malta
Production companies
Kukumajsa Productions
Writers
Rebecca Cremona

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What is Simshar about?

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.

Who stars in Simshar?

Lotfi Abdelli, Jimi Busuttil, Sékouba Doucouré, Chrysander Agius, Adrian Farrugia, Clare Agius. See the cast cards above for character names.

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