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53% Critic Match
Shelter
“Two women trapped in a safehouse where nothing is safe and no one can be trusted.”
5.3 / 10• 2017• 1h 33m•NR• English
Thriller
Storyline
Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent, is sent to Germany to protect Mona, a Lebanese informant recovering from plastic surgery to assume her new identity. Together for two weeks in a quiet apartment in Hamburg, the relationship that develops between the two women is soon exposed to the threat of terror that is engulfing the world today. In this game of deception, beliefs are questioned, choices are made, and their fate takes a surprising turn.
Cast & Crew
Golshifteh Farahani
Lina/Mona
Lead
Neta Riskin
Naomi
Yehuda Almagor
Avner
Doraid Liddawi
Naim Quassem
Haluk Bilginer
Ahmet
Lior Ashkenazi
Gad
Mark Waschke
Bernhard
Dagmar von Kurmin
Frau Herrmann
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Eran Riklis's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Shelter is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
