Ghost Trail (French: Les Fantômes) is a 2024 drama film co-written and directed by Jonathan Millet in his feature directorial debut. It stars Adam Bessa as a Syrian man in France who pursues the man who tortured him at Sednaya Prison. It premiered on 15 May 2024 in the Critics' Week section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Caméra d'Or.
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Cast
Adam Bessa as Hamid
Tawfeek Barhom as Harfaz
Julia Franz Richter as Nina
Hala Rajab as Yara
Safiqa El Till as la mère d'Hamid
Sylvain Samson as le chef du chantier
Mohammad Saboor Rasooli as le vendeur afghan
Faisal Alia as le vieil homme au centre d'accueil
Pascal Cervo as le conseiller à la préfecture
Mudar Ramadan as le traducteur à la préfecture
Marie Rémond as la psychologue
Dorado Jadiba as Jalal
Fakher Aldeen Fayad as Herta
Janty Omat as le volontaire
Jacques Follorou as le journaliste
Release
The film was selected to be screened as the opening film of the Critics' Week section of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 15 May 2024. The film was theatrically released in France on 3 July 2024 by Memento Distribution. International sales were handled by mk2 films.
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 34 critics' reviews are positive. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 75 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. On AlloCiné, the film received an average rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 31 reviews from French critics.