Ghost Trail

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Ghost Trail

2025

1h 48m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Two years after being released from Syrian jail, Hamid (break out star Adam Bessa) is making ends meet as a construction worker in the French city of Strasbourg, where, haunted by the memory of his imprisonment, the young man searches tirelessly for the man who tortured him, determined to get his revenge--but what's the real price of vengeance for the person seeking it? Inspired by true events, Jonathan Millet's deeply researched thriller excavates the too-little-examined moral dilemmas and political negligence that migrants must confront amid the struggle to rebuild their lives and take control of their destinies at the margins of contemporary French society, inviting audiences to better empathize with their country's newest residents, and better understand their place in the world--and our own.

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Critics Consensus

Ghost Trail blends the taut intrigue of a spy thriller with a haunting, emotionally restrained portrait of trauma, exploring how the pursuit of justice leaves the scars of war impossible to outrun.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Oct 7

It’s a brooding and introspective piece: like Hamid, this is a film that is torn between burying pain and exposing it for all to see.

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

Sep 24

3/5

Ghost Trail is best when it’s playing like a pulpy spy movie, drawing on the encounters where the audience is party to information that the characters aren’t.

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

Sep 18

4/5

At the genre level, the movie is riveting. It also feels freighted with something darker.

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Rosie Fletcher

Radio Times

Jun 10

3/5

Based on various true stories, this is a carefully plotted and slow-burning film about the cost of justice and whether it's wiser, or indeed possible, to move on.

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Josiah Teal

Battle Royale With Cheese

Oct 28

Ghost Trail has the unique ability to make global issues personal, bringing an audience to the POV of those at the heart of the crisis.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Sep 19

4/5

Filmmaker Jonathan Millet expertly keeps the narrative locked on this central character, digging under the surface to touch on wider themes and deep emotions.

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Tom F

@RT55173143 Nov 1

I like the way the story unfolds, first an immigrant’s tale then a manhunt mystery, staying close to intensely personal traumas.

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Vibhas J.

@vibhasjain Sep 22

Intense and incredible

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Richard M

@rhmichaels 07/19/2025

A must see - good date movie!!

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Carl V

@RT91222481 06/08/2025

I was mildly familiar with Syrian civil war basics. But the movie was so engaging & effective that I went right home and did a deep dive on the history of the Syrian Civil War-- this additional research was very depressing unfortunately! I’m glad that in the end of the movie the rule of international law won out over extra-judicial justice!

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Franck L

@RT39525738 05/30/2025

Pure sensorial cat-and-mouse thriller.

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Mathilde P

@RT96466763 03/02/2025

A real European thriller, raw, deeply human. Not the kind of film where you'll see action or haunting flashbacks — words and feelings over images.

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Synopsis

Two years after being released from Syrian jail, Hamid (break out star Adam Bessa) is making ends meet as a construction worker in the French city of Strasbourg, where, haunted by the memory of his imprisonment, the young man searches tirelessly for the man who tortured him, determined to get his revenge--but what's the real price of vengeance for the person seeking it? Inspired by true events, Jonathan Millet's deeply researched thriller excavates the too-little-examined moral dilemmas and political negligence that migrants must confront amid the struggle to rebuild their lives and take control of their destinies at the margins of contemporary French society, inviting audiences to better empathize with their country's newest residents, and better understand their place in the world--and our own.

Director: Jonathan Millet
Producer: Pauline Seigland
Screenwriter: Jonathan Millet, Florence Rochat
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: Films Grand Huit, arte France Cinéma, Hélicotronc, NiKo Film
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Theaters): May 30, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 8, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.7K
Runtime: 1h 48m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)