Ghost Trail

2024 1h 47m FR

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 103

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Synopsis

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After being imprisoned by the Assad regime in Syria, Hamid now works undercover as part of a secret group pursuing their leaders, including the guard he suspects was responsible for his torture.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Adam Bessa
Hamid
Tawfeek Barhom
Harfaz
Julia Franz Richter
Nina
Hala Rajab
Yara
Shafiqa El Till
Hamid's mother
Sylvain Samson
Foreman
Mohammad Saboor Rasooli
Afghan vendor
Faisal Alia
Old man at shelter

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jonathan Millet
Writers: Jonathan Millet, Florence Rochat
Languages: Arabic, French, English, Turkish
Countries: France, Belgium, Germany

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Arabic, French, English, Turkish.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: France, Belgium, Germany.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jonathan Millet, shot by Olivier Boonjing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yuksek. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Laurent Sénéchal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Adam Bessa and Tawfeek Barhom and Julia Franz Richter carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Jonathan Millet directs. Olivier Boonjing behind the camera. Yuksek scores. Laurent Sénéchal cuts. Produced in France, Belgium, Germany. Dialogue in Arabic, French, English, Turkish.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 2 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Arabic, French, English, Turkish.
3International production across 3 countries: France, Belgium, Germany.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Jonathan Millet, shot by Olivier Boonjing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Yuksek. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Laurent Sénéchal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Adam Bessa and Tawfeek Barhom and Julia Franz Richter carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt30135174 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "berlin, germany", "paris, france", "secret organization", "based on true story".

The technical file

Cinematography: Olivier Boonjing
Original score: Yuksek
Editing: Laurent Sénéchal
Costume design: Anne-Sophie Gledhill
Makeup / hair: Géraldine Belbeoc'h
Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Status: Released
Box office: $1,268,581
Original language: FR
IMDB: Ghost Trail (2024)

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CinemaSerf2026-08-30
★ 7/10
Fuelled by some fairly harrowing audio recordings from a victim of the atrocities of the recently deposed al-Assad regime in Syria, "Hamid" (Adam Bassa) has moved to Strasbourg on the trail of a main suspected of being a gruesome torturer. The problem for our investigator - himself a victim of brutality which he goes to some lengths to conceal - is that he isn't at all sure that "Harfaz" (Tawfeek Barhom) is, indeed, the man involved. There is very limited photographic evidence of or detail on the man's identity, and "Hamid" himself is by profession a professor of literature and so isn't exactly qualified to deal with much of the concomitant trauma and stress that comes with this work. He is part of an unoffical network of "agents" and is working on this case with the far more assertive "Nina" (Julia Franz Richter) and as his work begins to see him associate more with the man who may, or may not, be his quarry "Hamid" begins to ask himself more questions about his purpose and own humanity as matters tread on the eggshells of revenge versus justice. All of this is being set against a scenario populated by numerous displaced people from that conflict trying to make a new life from makeshift accommodation and suspicious of anyone connected with their home country - for fear they may be informers. Both Bassa and Barhom deliver something powerfully understated here, there is always a genuine question in our minds as to the potential complicity of the latter character and that tension is well sustained by Jonathan Millet throughout this thoughtfully considered drama. This is told from the perspective of people who have skin in the game; they have family history of suffering that extends well beyond the borders of Syria and it shows us something of the minefield being navigated on a day-to-day basis by people balancing their grief with their anger.

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