IMDb plot summary: FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen. Starring Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, and Milad Eskandari.
Flee is a Danish animated docudrama about Amin, a man who fled Afghanistan as a child refugee. The film features primarily voiceover of adult Amin over animation of him as a young and a young man making his journey to a safer country. The use of animation is striking here. As Amin shares his past, including the family he was told to never admit was still alive, it feels like the film is preserving some sense of privacy by not showing only an animated facsimile of his face. Older or more difficult memories are drawn as rough sketches, again almost giving the illusion of politely looking away to make it more comfortable for someone to bare their soul to us. It carves out an easy path for empathy but never feels like it's exploiting someone's tragedy. The very occasional use of live footage to show referenced location is jarring but all we need to remind us that, yes, this is still a real person sharing their story with us. I haven't seen many movies like this, but I was fascinated and I'm glad to have seen it.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Flee > Gas, Food, Lodging
Flee > Munich
Flee < Walking and Talking
Flee < The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Flee > Is It College Yet?
Flee < The Offence
Flee < Do the Right Thing
Flee > Easy A
Flee > Twister
Flee > Upside Down
Flee > The Hunger Games
Flee > The Great Gatsby (2013)
Final spot: #745 out of 3533, or 79%.
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