Simshar

Simshar

Inspired by true events

2014 mt 105 minutes

Rating: 8

Plot

Young Theo is sent on his first trip with his Maltese sea faring family, but things go terribly wrong when the 'Simshar' sinks, leaving the crew stranded in the Mediterranean... Simultaneously, Alex - a medic reluctantly dispatched onto a Turkish Merchant vessel which has rescued a group of stranded African boat people between Malta and Italy - gets stuck on the boat as the countries wage a bureaucratic war over who should take in the migrants... The stories unravel in parallel and culminate tragically when the fishermen are traced down, but by that time there's only one survivor.

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Cast

Lotfi Abdelli

Lotfi Abdelli

Simon

Jimi Busuttil

Jimi Busuttil

Karmenu

Sékouba Doucouré

Sékouba Doucouré

Moussa

Chrysander Agius

Chrysander Agius

John

Adrian Farrugia

Adrian Farrugia

Theo

Clare Agius

Clare Agius

Sharin

Mark Mifsud

Mark Mifsud

Alex

Kurt Zammit

Kurt Zammit

Aiden

Pierre Stafrace

Pierre Stafrace

Pawlu

Laura Kpegli

Laura Kpegli

Makeda

Antonella Axisa

Antonella Axisa

Monica

David Leguesse

David Leguesse

Lecca Sailor

Tumer Gencturk

Tumer Gencturk

Murat

Tesfu Mekonnen

Tesfu Mekonnen

Rahwa's Brother

Mahlet Grech

Mahlet Grech

Rahwa

Edward Caruana Galizia

Edward Caruana Galizia

Bert

Lawand Khaled Khaled

Lawand Khaled Khaled

Salim

Louise Ellul

Louise Ellul

Bureaucrat

Khaled Riani

Khaled Riani

Mehdi

Aaron Micallef

Aaron Micallef

Pilot

Jabal

Jabal

Captain Bilel

Jes Camilleri

Jes Camilleri

Brigadier Sant

Stephen Buhagiar

Stephen Buhagiar

Censu 9 Fisherman

Angélique Muller

Angélique Muller

French Red Cross Nurse

Ivan Grech

Ivan Grech

Mustached Man

Abdulkedir

Abdulkedir

Disturbed Man

Malcolm Ellul

Malcolm Ellul

Statue Bearer 2

Henry Zammit Cordina

Henry Zammit Cordina

Parish Priest

Christian Micallef

Christian Micallef

Matthew Fisherman

Marc Cianter

Marc Cianter

Alter Boy

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