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Limbo is a 2020 British comedy-drama film, directed by Ben Sharrock.[3] The film centres on four asylum seekers who are staying on a remote island in Scotland, and taking cultural awareness classes, while awaiting the processing of their refugee claims.

Limbo
Official poster
Directed by	Ben Sharrock
Written by	Ben Sharrock
Produced by	Irune Gurtubai Angus Lamont
Starring	Amir El-Masry Vikash Bhai Ola Orebiyi Kwabena Ansah Kenneth Collard Kais Nashef Sidse Babett Knudsen
Cinematography	Nick Cooke
Edited by	Karel Dolak Lucia Zucchetti
Music by	Hutch Demouilpied
Production companies	Film4 Productions Creative Scotland British Film Institute Caravan Cinema
Distributed by	MUBI (United Kingdom and Ireland) Focus Features Universal Pictures (International)[1]
Release dates	12 September 2020 (2020-09-12) (TIFF) 30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) (United Kingdom)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$921,894[2]

The film was named as an Official Selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, but was not screened due to the cancellation of the physical festival in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The film has gained positive reviews and has won several awards and nominations. Limbo garnered four nominations at the 2020 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) including Amir El-Masry Best Actor, Irune Gurtubai Breakthrough Producer, and Nick Cooke Best Cinematography, for which it won Breakthrough Producer.[5] It has also been nominated for two British Academy Film Awards, including Outstanding British Film.

Plot

An offbeat observation of the refugee experience. On a fictional remote Scottish island, a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. Among them is Omar, a young Syrian musician burdened by the weight of his grandfather's oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.[6]

Cast

• Amir El-Masry as Omar
• Vikash Bhai as Farhad
• Ola Orebiyi as Wasef
• Kwabena Ansah as Abedi
• Kenneth Collard as Boris
• Kais Nashef as Nabil
• Sidse Babett Knudsen as Helga

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September 2020.[7] Prior to, MUBI acquired U.K. and Irish distribution rights to the film.[8] It was initially set to world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2020, prior to its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][4] In February 2021, Focus Features acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film.[10] It was released in the United States on 30 April 2021,[11] and the United Kingdom on 30 July 2021.[12]

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 93% based on 122 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A profoundly uplifting portrait of the refugee experience, Limbo is distinguished by its offbeat tone -- and overall impressive work from debuting director Ben Sharrock."[13] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian praised Limbo's "elegant deadpan style established from the outset, Sharrock soon gets you to invest in the characters and care deeply about what happens to them. Limbo is about refugees and asylum seekers in Britain, and it's a bracingly internationalist and non-parochial piece of work: film-making with a bold view on the world but also as gentle and intimate as a much-loved sitcom... This is superlative film-making from Sharrock."[14]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2020	Cairo International Film Festival	Best Film (FIPRESCI Prize)	Ben Sharrock	Won	[15]
		Best Film (Golden Pyramid)	Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont	Won	[15]
		Best Artistic Contribution	Ben Sharrock	Won	[15]
	BFI London Film Festival	Audience Award	Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont	Nominated	[16]
	San Sebastián International Film Festival	Youth Jury Award	Ben Sharrock	Won	[17]
	Zurich Film Festival	Best International Feature Film	Ben Sharrock	Nominated	[18]
2021	Goteborg Film Festival	Best Film	Ben Sharrock	Nominated	[19]
	British Academy Film Awards	BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film	Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont	Nominated	[20]
		BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer	Ben Sharrock, Irene Gurtubai	Nominated	[20]
	British Independent Film Awards	Breakthrough Producer	Irene Gurtubai	Won	[5]
		Best Actor	Amir El-Masry	Nominated	[5]
		Best Casting	Dan Jackson	Nominated	[5]
		Best Cinematography	Nick Cooke	Nominated	[5]

References

External links

• Limbo at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Limbo (2020)

Limbo ist eine Tragikomödie von Ben Sharrock, die im September 2020 beim Toronto International Film Festival ihre Premiere feierte und am 30. Juli 2021 im Vereinigten Königreich in die Kinos kam.

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- [en] Limbo (2020 film)

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