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SummaryKhadija (Saadia Bentaïeb) is a fifty-eight-year-old Maghrebi cleaning woman living in Brussels in the wake of the 2016 bombings that shook the city. After work one night, she falls asleep on the last subway train, wakes up at the end of the line and has no choice but to make her way home—all the way across the city—on foot. Along the way, she has... Read More

Directed By:Bas Devos

Written By:Bas Devos

Ghost Tropic

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Universal Acclaim
91
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Generally Favorable
7.2
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
91
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Aug 25, 2020
100
The Hollywood Reporter
A delicate miniature that’s magnificently humanist, occasionally amusing and shot in a palette of rich, saturated nighttime hues, this is the kind of really small movie that is actually really great.
Aug 27, 2020
90
The New York Times
Beguiles and fascinates on several levels.
Aug 25, 2020
90
Screen Daily
This meditative piece sidesteps ponderousness thanks to its modesty and inquisitiveness.
Aug 27, 2020
88
Boston Globe
Ghost Tropic is a slender 85 minutes, but it expands in your minds even as you watch it.
Aug 25, 2020
75
Slant Magazine
Bas Devos’s film is a street-lit trek through the eerily empty avenues and byways of a city at sleep.
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Generally Favorable
7.2
83% Positive
5 Ratings
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Mar 6, 2022
7
DawdlingPoet
This film features looming urban surroundings in the dark of night that seem potentially threatening. There's not too much dialogue - its quiet a lot of the time, which may put some people off. I can see why some people compare it to 'A Girl Who Walks Home Alone at Night'. If anything, the lack of people out and about in such a surely bustling city during the day makes it seem spookier maybe. It may seem a bit bland to some but I liked it. I liked the wide panning camera shots used to show how vulnerable/isolated ?? was. It's undoubtedly a slow moving film which will bore some but it has its plus points - I particularly liked the stringed instruments played quietly in the background, adding an extra sense of fragility. It stood out due to how quiet other scenes were, comparitively. This film won't appeal to all but I liked it and I suppose it's an example of a film in which 'less is more'.
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