Summary
In Somalia, principled, young husband and father Abdi turns to piracy to support his family. While his wife and child wait for him in Yemen, an outdated and fragile satellite phone is his only connection to all he truly values.
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Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+11)
Critics 65Audiences 76GoodWatch 58
Tomatometer65%
Metascore65
Audience score86%
IMDb6.5
Running time
1 h 49 min
A typical length for thrillers, +5 min on the typical 104
typical 104109Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 34 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
+24Released
2014
July 30, 2014
12 years ago
Genre
ThrillerLanguage
Somali
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishFrenchMade in
Kenya
Somalia- United States
Directing · 1
- Cutter Hodierne Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Writing · 2
- David Burkman Screenplay
- John Hibey Screenplay, Producer
Production · 11
- Shane Smith Executive Producer
- Rupert Wyatt Executive Producer
- Joe Laconte Executive Producer
- Ben Freedman Producer
- Victor Shapiro Producer
- Stephanie Pinola Producer
Camera · 1
- Alex Disenhof Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Dominic LaPerriere Editor
Sound · 3
- Kevin Hilliard Original Music Composer
- Patrick Taylor Original Music Composer
- Tom Myers Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 1
- Naia Barrenechea Production Design
Visual Effects · 1
- Brooke Lyndon-Stanford Visual Effects Supervisor
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