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Film: “Ghost Trail”
March 13, 20257:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
7:00 p.m.
5 euros: general tickets at the box office.
4 euros: Tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Casa Árabe
Language Center students and Youth Card holders, by showing the proper
documentation. You may only receive one discount per ticket. Sales in
advance at www.casaarabe.es up to the day of the screening at 12:00 p.m.
Those tickets not sold online will be made available for purchase on
the day of the screening at Casa Árabe’s headquarters, as of one hour
before each screening (payment in cash or by debit/credit card).
Assigned seats with tickets.
The film will be shown in the original language with subtitles in Spanish.
To mark the anniversary of the Syrian revolution, Casa Árabe will be screening this recently released film in Madrid on Thursday, March 13, followed by a colloquium with journalists Laila Muharram and Okba Muhammad, of the journal Baynana. Don’t miss our, and get your ticket now.
Ghost Trail (Les fantômes), by Jonathan Millet (France, Germany, Belgium, 2004, 106 min.) Hamid, a Syrian professor in exile, forms part of a secret group that hunts down the regime’s fleeing leaders. His mission takes him to France, hot on the trail of his former torturer. The revenge he has been obsessed with for years now lies just one step away.
Inspired by a real-life story. Ghost Trail is the first feature film by director Jonathan Millet. It includes performances by Adam Bessa, Tawfeek Barhom, Julia Franz Richter and Hala Rajab. It was presented at the opening session of the “Critics’ Week” in competition for the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival of 2024.
Critics have said the following about the film:
“There is no explicit action or violence (...) But there is a great deal of tension. And a seductive character, formidably portrayed by Adam Bessa (...) Millet is not condescending, and does not use stereotypes or an overly affected tone.” Javier Ocaña, El País.
A masterful refutation of spy movies. (...) an authentic gem as minimalist as it is intense, as devastating as it is apparently inconsequential.” Luis Martínez, El Mundo.
“A sensorial, minimalistic, Bressonian-style thriller that envelops Adam Bessa in an aura which feels very cool (...) A slow-burning chase devoid of violence but not of tension (...). Philipp Engel, La Vanguardia.
After the screening, there will be a colloquium with journalists Laila Muharram and Okba Mohammad, from the journal Baynana, to be moderated by Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s Culture Coordinator. You can watch it live on our YouTube channel.
Laila Muharram is a freelance journalist who lives in Madrid. For five years, she worked in Jordan as a freelance reporter for different Spanish media covering the Syrian conflict and the refugee crisis. She is currently part of the team at Baynana, an online journal founded by refugees which addresses migration with a focus on human rights.
Okba Mohammad is a Syrian journalist who lives in Spain. He is a reporter and co-founder of the journal Baynana, the first media outlet in Spanish and Arabic created by refugee journalists in Spain. He contributes to different media on issues related with Syria and the topic of migration.
Image from the film (c) Films Grand Huit. Kris-Dewitte