A Lion Returns | |
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Directed by | Serhat Caradee |
Written by | Serhat Caradee |
Produced by | Liz Burton Serhat Caradee |
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Cinematography | Simon Koloadin |
Edited by | Serhat Caradee Sabin Gnawali Devyn Heusmann |
Music by | Matt Rudduck |
Production company | Bonafide Pictures |
Distributed by | Bonsai Films |
Release dates | 22 April 2020 (Gold Coast Film Festival) 5 November 2020 (Australia) |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Languages | English Arabic |
A Lion Returns is a 2020 Australian drama film directed by Serhat Caradee, starring Tyler De Nawi, Danny Elacci, Jacqui Purvis, Taffy Hany, Buddy Dannoun, Helen Chebatte and Maha Wilson.
The film premiered at the Gold Coast Film Festival on 22 April 2020. The film opened in theatres in Australia on 5 November.[1]
Erin Free of FilmInk called the film a "volatile, extraordinarily well-crafted treatise on the dangers of extremism, and how the bonds with the ones that you love can bring it undone", a "mini-miracle of local filmmaking" and an "excellent piece of cinema outside of its incredible production history." Free also praised the performances, calling them "uniformly excellent", and wrote that Caradee "displays a resolute command of his material from beginning to end".[2]
Sandra Hall of The Sydney Morning Herald rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote that while the script is "probably too verbose" and largely "predictable", the film's story is "told with such conviction" and the actors "pack" their dialogue with "such a charge that there’s a wealth of family history in every word."[3]