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I Was a Stranger

Original title: قضية الغرباء

Based on 14 million true stories.

2025 · PG-13 · 1h 43m

Directed by Brandt Andersen

6.9

TMDB audience score
45 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A Syrian doctor and her daughter flee Aleppo, setting off a chain of events that binds five strangers together. A smuggler, a soldier, a poet, and a coast guard captain collide in a crisis that tests their courage, their choices, and their humanity.

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Cast

  • Yasmine Al Massri
    Amira Homsi

  • Yahya Mahayni
    Mustafa

  • Omar Sy
    Marwan

  • Ziad Bakri
    Fathi

  • Constantine Markoulakis
    Stavros

  • Jason Beghe
    Dr. Kroft

  • Ayman Samman
    Shaheen

  • Massa Daoud
    Rasha Homsi

  • Angeliki Papoulia
    Helena

  • Saleh Bakri
    Alaa

  • Jay Abdo
    Papa Homsi

  • Vicky Papadopoulou
    Charoula

  • Yumna Marwan
    Rima Homsi

  • Baeyen Hoffman
    Yusuf

  • Thanos Tokakis
    Nikolas

  • Konstadinos Danikas
    Babis

  • Mahmood Bakri
    Tarek

  • Ioanna Meli
    Saylor