![]() Sharrock pivots from quirky Jarmusch-like comedy into something more profound, more melancholic in the film’s second half. Police occasionally stop by to arrest those refugees whose asylum petition has been denied. But even racism can rear its ugly head in this lonely place: two hooligans and their girlfriends stop Omar on the beach and hurl every single racial epithet and stereotype at him to later offer him a ride back to town the word “not” has been scrawled in red on a sign that reads “refugees welcomed” and a Sikh grocer with a strong Glasgow accent gives Omar a linguistic lesson on British racism. They are forbidden from taking on any jobs since this could get them deported as their papers are being processed. He and fellow refugees Farhad (Vikash Bhai), an Afghan refugee who learned to speak English listening to Freddie Mercury and now wears a moustache in his honor, and the West African “siblings” Abedi (Kwabena Anash) and Wasef (Ola Orebiyi), spend their time watching bootleg copies of “Friends” on the apartment they share or staring, with some degree of amusement, at the quirky habits of the island’s inhabitants. He carries the case wherever he goes it’s his only connection to the motherland outside the emotionally draining phone calls he makes to his family from a solitary payphone in the middle of a highway. Omar has arrived to this island carrying his grandfather’s oud inside a case, his dreams of pursuing a musical career in England put on hold not only by the long wait but by a huge cast on his arm. Courtesy of Colin Tennant / Focus Features ![]()
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