Exodus

1.3 MILLION PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING ASYLUM IN EUROPE.

THE EU IS CLOSING ITS BORDERS, AND TURKEY HAS BECOME A HUB

FOR SMUGGLERS WHO PROFIT FROM REFUGEES IN NEED.

Come on, get out!

-Let's go! To the car. -Move.

-To the cars. Move. -Let's go.

To the cars.

Come! Come! Come here.

Guys, to the right. Come this way. Let's go.

Easy!

It's so warm. Hurry up, it's hot!

Put them in the car.

-Let go off me! -Move! Shut up! Your dad didn't pay me.

Let go off me.

-Enough. Let me go. -Keep your voice down.

-Let me go! -What are you doing?

Get them in the car. Come on!

I don't fucking care. Is this what I pay you for?

What did he say? What happened?

-The container disappeared. -Which container?

The one that left two days ago.

-The one from Aleppo? -Yes, it disappeared.

What do you mean it disappeared? Containers don't just disappear.

Sir, help me. Do you speak Arabic?

Sir, help me. Help me. I have to get to my sisters.

Listen. Get on the bus, like they asked you to. Follow the instructions.

Understood? Who are you with?

By myself. What are you talking about? What instructions?

I have money. How much do you want?

Money? What money? Do you think I'm gonna take your money?

Get on that bus. Do you understand me?

Police!

Sir, help me! I'm begging you. Help me.

Go away!

Police!

This way!

Where are you, Karim? How did this happen?

Thank you for saving me.

Not a word. Do not speak.

They were going to sell me. Thank God I found you.

Who said I won't sell you?

So I'm your prisoner now?

-Karim? -I got away.

Me too. Listen. Let's meet in the market, I'll wait at the restaurant.

-Okay. I'm on my way. -Great.

How did this happen?

Let me out of the car. Let me out of here.

Quiet! I told you to keep quiet.

Keep your head down.

I'm begging you. Let me out of here.

Just let me out.

You're staying here.

How did this happen?

What did you do, Karim?

Get out.

Come. Don't be scared.

What are you looking at? What's your story?

How come you're traveling by yourself? Where are your parents?

-You think I want to be here with you? -Keep your voice down.

I don't want to keep my voice down. There's a war.

Of course my parents wouldn't have left me by myself.

Listen. I don't care about your parents, or your story or theirs.

That's not why I'm asking.

We wanted to get to Sweden, all of us together.

But then the place where we were staying got bombed. Then I lost them.

Do you play?

Of course I play. I play the piano.

-Are you good? -Better than him.

Then show me. Play something.

-I'll talk to him. -Sit down.

Don't touch me.

Don't you get it? Stay calm and don't make a scene.

Lay low.

I'm going to the bathroom.

It's that way.

You'll get what you want from my parents.

Of course I will. If they love you, they will pay.

Everything will be fine.

I will find you, I promise you that.

Can I use your phone? I want to check something on Insta.

-Insta? -Instagram.

It's an app where you post pictures...

-I know what Insta is. -Do you have Instagram or not?

-I don't. -Snap?

-No. -What's your phone for then?

I make phone calls and talk to people.

Did you want us to go out and take photos and selfies?

We always communicate there.

My sisters wrote to me. They say they're going to the Airport Refugee Camp.

-Do you know anything about it? -Airport Camp?

That's a temporary camp. In Greece.

-You always scare me. -Let's go, one, two

Can you get me to Greece? How much does it cost?

Three to four thousand Euros.

Okay. Look. I have I have about a hundred,

two hundred, I have about...

What are you doing? Put the money away.

It's okay. Why are you acting like this?

Where did you get all this money from?

My father gave it to me. So imagine how much money my dad has.

Eat.

-I'm not hungry. -Eat and stay quiet.

What's this?

Where are you from? Where are your parents?

-Yes. Yes. -Yes what?

That's the only word I know in French.

Have you heard anything?

Many were arrested. The dockers, the guards.

They arrested a lot of people. The Interpol is also involved.

You beat up a cop so it doesn't look good.

Shit! Interpol? Then they must have had their eyes on us for a while.

It has to do with the container, the one they were asking about before.

It seems that the police confiscated it.

It left two days ago. We would have heard something.

I don't know. That's what I heard. In all cases, we need to get out of here.

Turkey is too dangerous right now. Who knows what they have on us?

-What are you going to do with the girl? -She saw me hit the cop.

Maybe use her as a cover? She has money. Maybe I can get a ransom from her parents.

Good. It could be good to have her with you if you leave the country.

In all cases, I need my money.

We have no time for this now, Sam. If you hit a cop, you need to leave quick.

I have to find the best way to leave the country.

Leaving by boat is your best chance. You know all departures by heart anyway.

What are you saying? You want me to risk my life on a rubber boat?

Just get out of the country as soon as you can.

Take this for now. We'll meet again when things calm down.

Take this. Take it. Take it now. Come on. What is it?

Trust me. It's the best solution. She is your money now. Go.

Come on. Get in.

Don't you want to go see your sisters in Greece? Fine.

Go to the police. Let them deal with you.

Give me your money so I can help you.

All of it.

You'll get the rest from my sisters.

If you get there.

You know what? My sister's friend invented an engine that works on magnets.

They're all inventors in her family. They helped her invent that engine.

It doesn't need fuel.

You turn the magnets on and they start spinning and spinning,

until you turn it off yourself.

All electric engines are like that.

It's not electric. I told you, it's made of magnets.

It's a never ending energy.

You know, when you bring two magnets together, they repel each other, right?

Then why don't they make all engines like this? Got it?

Then why don't they make all cars like this?

Why we don't hear of this on the news? CNN? BBC?

I don't know, but I think that it will take time to adopt it.

But surely you'll hear about it in the news soon.

Why do you charge refugees so much money?

Wanna know why?

I'll tell you a story.

We live in a hostile world. A world of wars.

In wars, houses are destroyed, and people die.

Some people become refugees.

And where there are refugees, you'll find smugglers like me who smuggle them,

transport them, and sell them to make profit.

And that's the end of the story.

Got it?

May I use your phone? I want to call my mom.

Two. Come on. Do it. Remember.

Come on, Sara. You can do it.

Remember. Go back, I swear. Let's go, Sara.

Come on, Sara. You always have 27% of your energy left.

I told you. My sister is strong. You're both strong.

Mom and dad, I miss you.

Hello?

-Yes, Karim. -Where are you?

I'm in Turkey. And you?

-It doesn't matter. They all died. -What? Who do you mean?

The container from Aleppo that got confiscated. They all died.

-How could that be? -I don't know.

Something happened to the airflow. They ran out of air and suffocated.

Are you sure?

Sure or not, most of the containers were ours.

You know that. Listen now.

We have to leave the country as soon as possible.

Are you listening?

You must leave the country now.

Leave the country and go where, Karim? How?

Listen to me, man. You do not have another option.

Fine!

What is it?

You can go!

Who's this? Your dad?

-What does he do for a living? -Dad owns a computer company.

Is it a big company?

He had about 20 employees. Mom is a school teacher.

How wonderful!

Don't we look alike?

These are Rawan and Sara. Mom is in the middle.

That's your family. Family members do look alike.

True.

See this rose? Mom drew it for me. Isn't it beautiful?

Yeah, it is.

Are all these people coming with us on the boat?

All of them. Those who don't drown, will arrive to their destination.

Karim, I shared my location with you. Come for the car.

Move.

Are you almost done?