Directed by:
Gavin HoodScreenplay:
Gavin HoodCinematography:
Jacek JanuszykComposer:
Krzesimir DębskiCast:
Karolina Sawka, Adam Fidusiewicz, Artur Żmijewski, Andrzej Strzelecki, Mzwandile Ngubeni, Lingile Shongwe, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Konrad Imiela (more)Plots(1)
When Stas Tarkowski (15) and Nel Rawlinson (9) are kidnapped by the Mahdi rebels, their fathers desperately organize a search party. But the Mahdi uprising is spreading rapidly across North Africa and the chances of finding the children seem remote. Forced to rely on themselves, Stas and Nel, together with two young African slaves, Mea and Kali, escape their captors and head south across desolate country. In their search for a way home, they must battle wild animals, thunderstorms, hunger and malaria. Their journey to freedom brings them into contact with some colorful adult mentors: Kaliopoli, a displaced Greek, guides Stas through a critical encounter with the great Mahdi; Linde, an eccentric Polish cartographer, himself lost in the jungle, offers hope when Nel comes down with malaria and all hope for her survival seems lost. (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Karolina Sawka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/424/424234_8f4f24.jpg)
Karolina Sawka
Poland
Best movies:
In Desert and Wilderness (2001)
![Adam Fidusiewicz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/721/161721514_4c3fd0.jpg)
Adam Fidusiewicz
Poland
Best movies:
In Desert and Wilderness (2001)
![Artur Żmijewski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/804/158804875_daab3d.jpg)
Artur Żmijewski
Poland
Best movies:
Najlepszy (2017)
Świadek koronny (2007)
Pigs (1992)
Andrzej Strzelecki
Poland
Best movies:
Pół Wieku Poezji Później (2019)
Rozmowy nocą (2008)
In Desert and Wilderness (2001)
Mzwandile Ngubeni
Best movies:
In Desert and Wilderness (2001)
Lingile Shongwe
Best movies:
In Desert and Wilderness (2001)
![Krzysztof Kowalewski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392085_0e2400.jpg)
Krzysztof Kowalewski
Poland
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
With Fire and Sword (1999)
The Wedding Day (2021)
![Konrad Imiela](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/794/160794214_8490f2.jpg)
Konrad Imiela
Poland
Best movies:
In Desert and Wilderness (2001)
Quo vadis (2001)
![Agnieszka Pilaszewska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/216/159216223_27335d.jpg)
Agnieszka Pilaszewska
Poland
Best movies:
Crows (1994)
Plan B (2018)
In Desert and Wilderness (2001)
![Krzysztof Kolberger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/932/158932334_3af312.jpg)
Krzysztof Kolberger
Poland
Best movies:
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Popiełuszko. Wolność jest w nas (2009)
Drowsiness (2008)
![Przemyslaw Sadowski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/990/158990167_c5e5c0.jpg)
Przemyslaw Sadowski
Poland
Best movies:
Jestem (2005)
Run Boy Run (2013)
The Closed Circuit (2013)
Ahmed Hafiane
Best movies:
Suburra (2015)
In Desert and Wilderness (2001)
Detective Montalbano (1999) (series)