Moonif, a young Syrian man, leaves the refugee camp to wander the streets of Berlin. He starts to discover the city that feels alien to him. He embarks on a journey where he will confront outer dangers and inner desires.
Refugee’s Welcome is a provocative gay short film about a Syrian refugee discovering both danger and desire after arriving in Berlin. Bruce LaBruce combines explicit sexuality with political satire in deliberately confrontational fashion. The film’s treatment of migration is not without complications, but its collision of xenophobia, sexual freedom and Western self-image gives the work a sharper edge than its erotic surface suggests.
Moonif, a young Syrian man, leaves the refugee camp to wander the streets of Berlin. He starts to discover the city that feels alien to him. He embarks on a journey where he will confront outer dangers and inner desires.
Refugee’s Welcome is a provocative gay short film about a Syrian refugee discovering both danger and desire after arriving in Berlin. Bruce LaBruce combines explicit sexuality with political satire in deliberately confrontational fashion. The film’s treatment of migration is not without complications, but its collision of xenophobia, sexual freedom and Western self-image gives the work a sharper edge than its erotic surface suggests.
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