Trailer: Ben Sharrock’s unexpected comedy ‘Limbo’

Focus Features has released the trailer for Ben Sharrock’s BAFTA-nominated comedy Limbo, which premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews.

Set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims, Limbo centers on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.

TIFF Review: Darkly comic refugee story ‘Limbo’ is a haunting high wire act that pays off

Reflecting the complexity of the movement of people across borders has been a long-held passion for director and writer Ben Sharrock, who spent time working for an NGO in refugee camps in southern Algeria and living in Damascus in 2009 shortly before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. There, he formed a network of friends whose personal stories inspired the film.

Written and directed by Sharrock, Limbo stars Amir El-Masry (The Night Manager), along with Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, Kwabena Ansah, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Kais Nashif (Tel Aviv on Fire).  Producers are Irune Gurtubai and Angus Lamont.  

Focus Features will release Limbo on April 30, 2021. Here is the trailer.

Image courtesy of Focus Features

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