ESCAPE FROM RAQQA

EXFILTRÉS

By Emmanuel HAMON

THE IMAGINARIUM FILMS - as PROD

Thriller - Completed 2018

Raqqa, Syria, Spring 2015. Faustine discovers the hell in which she has embarked with her 5 year-old son. In Paris, Gabriel and Adnan, two young activists, are moved by the distress of Sylvain, Faustine's husband. They agree to set up a high-risk exfiltration operation.

    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Thriller, Drama, True Story
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, TURKEY
    • Languages
    • FRENCH, ENGLISH, ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 103 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Emmanuel HAMON
    • Writer(s)
    • Benjamin DUPAS
    • Producer(s)
    • Frédéric BRILLION (Epithete Films), Gilles LEGRAND ( Epithete Films), Rula NASSER (THE IMAGINARIUM FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • Sylvain never saw it coming: his wife Faustine took off with their 5-year-old son to join ISIS in Syria. He looks on, helpless, as his friend and family cut Faustine out of their lives. But soon everything changes: Faustine, who realizes too late where she landed, calls for help: they must save their son. Sylvain, through contacts and friends, decides to organize their exfiltration from Rakka.