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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary Last Hijack is a true tale of survival in Somalia told from the pirate's perspective. Combining animation with documentary storytelling, the film takes an innovative hybrid approach to explore how one Somali pirate - Mohamed - came to live such a brutal and dangerous existence. Animated re-enactments exploring Mohamed's memories, dreams ...

Directed By: Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting, Mirka Duijn

Written By: Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 23 m

Last Hijack

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Last Hijack is a true tale of survival in Somalia told from the pirate's perspective. Combining animation with documentary storytelling, the film takes an innovative hybrid approach to explore how one Somali pirate - Mohamed - came to live such a brutal and dangerous existence. Animated re-enactments exploring Mohamed's memories, dreams ...

Directed By: Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting, Mirka Duijn

Written By: Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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83
Oct 9, 2014
A unique filmgoing experience that’s both intellectually stimulating and emotionally rewarding.
FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 2, 2014
The dark, surreal animation unearths the personal side of the story: its nightmarish aspect and traumas. It elevates the film into a portrait of an unspeakable tragedy.
FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 30, 2014
It intriguingly invites us to think about the mundane forces that can drive a seemingly ordinary guy like Mohamed to do something so desperate and cruel as piracy.
By Elise Nakhnikian FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 2, 2014
Hulsing’s illustrations suggest a depth to pirate Mohamed Nura that remains hidden in the flesh.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 30, 2014
The filmmakers have gotten extraordinary access to Mohamed and ravaged Somalia... But it's disappointing that they did not capture more scenes of Mohamed's wife and her family, who in the end are the ones who make the most momentous decision.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 2, 2014
This film could have been more surely and deftly put together.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 2, 2014
Disjointed and unfocused.
By Charles Solomon FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Submarine, Razor Film Produktion GmbH, Savage Film, Still Films, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), IKON, CoBo Fonds, Dutch Film Fund, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
Release Date Oct 3, 2014
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/pages/Last-Hijack/108290452643370
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Awards

Geneva International Film Festival - Tous Écrans
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Prix Europa
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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