Aisha (2022)
Country: EIRE/GB/US
Technical: col/2.39:1 94m
Director: Frank Berry
Cast: Letitia Wright, Josh O'Connor
Synopsis:
A traumatised Nigerian girl seeking asylum in Ireland runs foul of her minders but finds support and solace in the person of a barely articulate ex-con.
Review:
Measured, largely monosyllabic drama elaborating the myriad difficulties of the asylum system from the perspective of detainees. (That said, Ireland certainly seems to have itself more sorted organisationally than the UK.) Slow and handsomely produced, the film focuses on the taut, near mute Aisha, whose painful pathway towards acceptance by the authorities depends on her ability to share what has happened to her.
Country: EIRE/GB/US
Technical: col/2.39:1 94m
Director: Frank Berry
Cast: Letitia Wright, Josh O'Connor
Synopsis:
A traumatised Nigerian girl seeking asylum in Ireland runs foul of her minders but finds support and solace in the person of a barely articulate ex-con.
Review:
Measured, largely monosyllabic drama elaborating the myriad difficulties of the asylum system from the perspective of detainees. (That said, Ireland certainly seems to have itself more sorted organisationally than the UK.) Slow and handsomely produced, the film focuses on the taut, near mute Aisha, whose painful pathway towards acceptance by the authorities depends on her ability to share what has happened to her.
Country: EIRE/GB/US
Technical: col/2.39:1 94m
Director: Frank Berry
Cast: Letitia Wright, Josh O'Connor
Synopsis:
A traumatised Nigerian girl seeking asylum in Ireland runs foul of her minders but finds support and solace in the person of a barely articulate ex-con.
Review:
Measured, largely monosyllabic drama elaborating the myriad difficulties of the asylum system from the perspective of detainees. (That said, Ireland certainly seems to have itself more sorted organisationally than the UK.) Slow and handsomely produced, the film focuses on the taut, near mute Aisha, whose painful pathway towards acceptance by the authorities depends on her ability to share what has happened to her.