The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
A fakir tricks his village into paying for him to fly to Paris to go to Ikea in this French-American drama directed by Ken Scott (Starbuck).
- Director:
- Ken Scott ('Delivery Man', 'Starbuck', 'Unfinished Business')
- Writer:
- Luc BossiJon Goldman
- Cast:
- DhanushBérénice BejoBarkhad AbdiErin MoriartySarah-Jeanne LabrosseMar SodupeSeema BiswasGérard Jugnot
Reviews & comments
Stuff
pressIf you're in an uncynical and generous mood, this is a colourful crowdpleaser with a little on its mind to say.
South China Morning Post
pressWhere Puertolas' novel humanised immigrants and asylum seekers, the film too often falls back on broad racial archetypes.
Screen Daily
pressNever too edgy or too suspenseful or too violent, it just rolls along at a nice pace telling a nice story.
New Zealand Herald
pressA movie that does eventually deliver its parcel by the final act - even if it is tenuously wrapped.
FilmInk
press...a delightful treasure hunt of wild coincidences told in a fairy-tale of a story...
Stuff
pressIf you're in an uncynical and generous mood, this is a colourful crowdpleaser with a little on its mind to say.
South China Morning Post
pressWhere Puertolas' novel humanised immigrants and asylum seekers, the film too often falls back on broad racial archetypes.
Screen Daily
pressNever too edgy or too suspenseful or too violent, it just rolls along at a nice pace telling a nice story.
New Zealand Herald
pressA movie that does eventually deliver its parcel by the final act - even if it is tenuously wrapped.
FilmInk
press...a delightful treasure hunt of wild coincidences told in a fairy-tale of a story...
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