A Lion Returns is a 2020 Australian drama film directed by Serhat Caradee, starring Tyler De Nawi, Danny Elacci, Jacqui Purvis, Taffy Hany, Buddy Dannoun, Helen Chebatte and Maha Wilson.
Cast Tyler De Nawi as Jamal Alamein Danny Elacci as Omar Alamein Jacqui Purvis as Heidi Alamein Taffy Hany as Yusef Alamein Buddy Dannoun as Yahya Alamein Helen Chebatte as Manal Alamein Maha Wilson as Maya Alamein Maddox Elachi as Khalil Alamein Mohammad Mick Farroukh as Hesham Oliver Trajkovski as Mahmood Serhat Caradee as Ahmed Frances Duca as Auntie Fadia
Release The film premiered at the Gold Coast Film Festival on 22 April 2020. The film opened in theatres in Australia on 5 November.
Reception Erin Free of FilmInk called the film a "volatile, extraordinarily well-crafted treatise on the dangers of extremism, and how the bonds with the ones that you love can bring it undone", a "mini-miracle of local filmmaking" and an "excellent piece of cinema outside of its incredible production history." Free also praised the performances, calling them "uniformly excellent", and wrote that Caradee "displays a resolute command of his material from beginning to end".
Sandra Hall of The Sydney Morning Herald rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote that while the script is "probably too verbose" and largely "predictable", the film's story is "told with such conviction" and the actors "pack" their dialogue with "such a charge that there’s a wealth of family history in every word."
Awards and nominations A Lion Returns was nominated for the 2020 AACTA Award for Best Indie Film in the 10th AACTA Awards.
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