Ghost Tropic

Name: Ghost Tropic
Genre: Drama
Released: August 28, 2020
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 91
Cast: Anemone Valcke, Edoardo Ripani, Jovial Mbenga, Laurent Kumba, Lunaluz Sanchez

2020

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Cinema Guild | Release Date (Streaming): August 28, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Anemone Valcke, Edoardo Ripani, Jovial Mbenga, Laurent Kumba, Lunaluz Sanchez, Mieke De Groote, Saadia Bentaïeb, Sara Sampelayo, Simon Allemeersch, Stefan Gota

Summary: Khadija (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,Khadija (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 a series of encounters: with a security guard, a convenience store clerk, a group of teenagers. She asks for help and she gives it and slowly, steadily makes her way.… Expand

Director: Bas Devos

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Boyd van Hoeij

Aug 25, 2020

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. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Aug 25, 2020

This meditative piece sidesteps ponderousness thanks to its modesty and inquisitiveness. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Aug 27, 2020

Beguiles and fascinates on several levels. Read full review

Ty Burr

Aug 27, 2020

Ghost Tropic is a slender 85 minutes, but it expands in your minds even as you watch it. Read full review

Keith Watson

Aug 25, 2020

Bas Devos’s film is a street-lit trek through the eerily empty avenues and byways of a city at sleep. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Mar 6, 2022

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, theThis 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'.… Expand

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