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  • August 28, 2020 through September 10, 2020
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Gorgeous … A witching hour-and-a-half that unfurls as gradually and un-threateningly as the sky lights up during dawn.”

Ben Driscoll, Sight & Sound

The second feature of 2019 for gifted Belgian writer-director Bas Devos is a triumph of formal precision and quiet, aching humanism. Selected for Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes 2019, Ghost Tropic observes the gentle journey of a 58-year-old Muslim cleaning woman named Khadija (Saadia Bentaïeb) who falls asleep on the last train of the night and, unable to afford a taxi, must make her way home on foot. Travelling glacially through an empty, nocturnal Brussels lit by street lamps, neon signs, and tail lights, she encounters fellow after-hours workers — a mall security guard, a gas station attendant, paramedics — who offer her help and small company. Slowly, details of Khadija’s life gain focus through these fleeting moments of human connection with strangers. Shot in 4:3 in granular 16mm, this unassuming work abounds in exquisite night-time compositions, saturated in glowing red, green, and blue hues, and captivatingly out-of-place soundscapes. Director Devos completed the movie mere months after his previous picture, Hellhole, premiered at the 2019 Berlinale.

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A stunning little gem … A beautifully observed, hushed nocturnal odyssey … This is the kind of really small movie that is actually really great.”

Boyd van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter

In modest fashion, this poetic Belgian feature manages to say a good deal about life, death, and the state of the globalized world … A compressed epic.”

Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
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