Overview
- The film, which opened in French cinemas Wednesday, drew early praise for its raw, intimate look at a child‑led flight from danger.
- It follows Somira, 9, and her brother Shafi, 4, two Rohingya orphans who escape a Bangladesh camp to try to reach family in Malaysia.
- Reviews highlight a handheld, hyperreal style that plays like a migratory road movie and keeps the camera at the children’s eye level.
- Courrier International reports the feature was shot entirely in the Rohingya language, a first for fiction, and notes a prize at the 2025 Venice Film Festival.
- Coverage situates the story within long‑running persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar, with the junta now facing an alleged genocide case at the International Court of Justice.