Shelter

Shelter

2017 · 93 min · EN · 5.6 (28 votes)
Dir. Eran Riklis · Starring Golshifteh Farahani, Neta Riskin, Yehuda Almagor, Doraid Liddawi, Haluk Bilginer, Lior Ashkenazi · Music Jonathan Riklis

Two women trapped in a safehouse where nothing is safe and no one can be trusted.

Thriller

Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent, is sent to Germany to protect Mona, a Lebanese informant recovering from plastic surgery to assume her new identity. Together for two weeks in a quiet apartment in Hamburg, the relationship that develops between the two women is soon exposed to the threat of terror that is engulfing the world today. In this game of deception, beliefs are questioned, choices are made, and their fate takes a surprising turn.

VIBE

A quiet, simmering tension pervades this intimate thriller. Two women forge an unlikely bond under extreme pressure, navigating a world of deception and shifting identities. It feels like a hushed confession in a dangerous, uncertain time.

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