I Was A Stranger(2025)

PG-13
1h 43m
- Drama

Release Date: Jan 9, 2026 | Wide

When a Syrian doctor is forced to flee Aleppo with her young daughter, one desperate choice sets off a chain of events that ripples across borders and pulls four strangers into the same storm. A smuggler trying to save his son. A soldier wrestling with his conscience. A poet searching for home. A Greek coast guard captain caught between duty and mercy. Their paths collide on a night in the Mediterranean, where survival is uncertain, and humanity is revealed in its rawest form.

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Original Release | Jan 9, 2026 | Opens in 28days

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Director & Top Cast

Brandt Andersen
Director

Yasmine Al Massri
THE DOCTOR - Amira Homsi

Yahya Mahayni
THE SOLDIER - Mustafa

Omar Sy
The Smuggler - Marwan

Ziad Bakri
THE POET - Fathi

Constantine Markoulakis
THE CAPTAIN - Stavros

Ayman Samman

Shaheen

Jay Abdo

Papa Homsi

Mahmoud Bakri

Tarek

Saleh Bakri

Alaa

Jason Beghe

Actor

Carlos Chahine

Jack

Konstadinos Danikas

Babis

Massa Daoud

Rasha Homsi

Sara El Debuch

Sara

Rami Farah

Muhammad

Fares Helou

Adeem Faris

Baeyen Hoffman

Yusuf

Other Details

Country of Origin: Jordan,Occupied Palestinian Territory,United States

Language: Arabic,Greek,English

Summaries

Plot Summary

Five strangers are pulled together, colliding on a single night where survival is uncertain.

Storyline

A Syrian doctor and her daughter flee Aleppo, setting off a chain of events that binds five strangers together. A smuggler, a soldier, a poet, and a coast guard captain collide in a crisis that tests their courage, their choices, and their humanity.