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Movie

Where to Watch Simshar (2014) in the US

2014
TV-14
1h 41m
6.5IMDb
100%Rotten Tomatoes

Drama

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Watch the movie free with a participating library card on hoopla and Kanopy (HD).
Rent the movie on Prime Video (HD).

What it's 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.

Cast and crew

Director: Rebecca Cremona
Writer: Rebecca Cremona, David Grech
Starring: Lotfi Abdelli, Jimi Busuttil, Sékouba Doucouré

Details

Release date: Apr 27, 2014
Language: Maltese, English
Country: Malta, Tunisia
Awards: 12 wins & 2 nominations