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Led by Andrea Riseborough's layered performance, Luxor empathetically surveys the crossroads between trauma and recovery. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

When British aid worker Hana returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she meets former lover Sultan. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile her past choices with the uncertainty of the present.

Genre:

romance, drama
Original Language:

English (United Kingdom)
Director:

Zeina Durra
Producer:

Zeina Durra, Mohamed Hefzy, Mamdouh Saba
Writer:

Zeina Durra
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 4, 2020
Runtime:

1h 25m
Production Co:

Film-Clinic, Front Row Filmed Entertainment
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Andrea Riseborough
Hana

Michael Landes
Carl

Sherine Reda
Dunia

Karim Saleh
Sultan

Ahmed Talaat
Concierge

Janie Aziz
Angie

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Critic Reviews for Luxor

All Critics (61) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (55) | Rotten (6)

A movie that captures the gut-ache of ruminating on lost love, and the pain of an expiration date hanging over a brief encounter that maybe doesn't have to end.

February 21, 2021 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Ryan Lattanzio
indieWire
An apparently slight, but deeply rewarding film, Luxor reveals its purpose slowly, in fragments of growing significance.

February 21, 2021 | Full Review…

Pamela Hutchinson
Sight and Sound
Luxor offers a strange marriage of travelogue, post-traumatic stress disorder, spirituality and something like romance.

February 21, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tara Brady
Irish Times
The dialogue is thin and the action is patchy, but Durra films Hana's travels-and the places that she visits-with an ardent attention that fuses emotional life with aesthetic and intellectual exploration.

January 11, 2021 | Full Review…

Richard Brody
New Yorker
Co-stars Andrea Riseborough and Karim Saleh are practically perfect in this thoughtful romance.

December 4, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Roxana Hadadi
RogerEbert.com
In its modest, quiet maturity, "Luxor" avoids the cliché of presenting the East as exotic... - it's the rare travel story that understands how sometimes being someplace else is as much about the "being" as it is the "someplace else."

December 3, 2020 | Full Review…

Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
A truly beautiful film, with stunning shots of the city and desert, and a journey of one woman's past trauma to future happiness.

February 21, 2021 | Full Review…

Beth Widdicombe
Battle Royale With Cheese
Full of gorgeous scenery, but only desultory drama, the pokey picture often feels as aimless as its heroine, and seems unlikely to find many fans beyond armchair travelers looking for an Egyptian jaunt.

February 21, 2021 | Full Review…

Stephen Whitty
Screen International
It contemplates the sand and the sadness, instead of really digging. [Full Review in Spanish]

December 29, 2020 | Full Review…

Nestor Bentancor
Nestor Cine Desde Hollywood
With very little spoken by Riseborough, she still manages to convey every deep feeling she has, dark or otherwise.

December 28, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Steven Prokopy
Third Coast Review
"A low-key film I dearly admired for its ability to have so much breath and to say so much by saying so little."

December 26, 2020 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
...the need keeps building for us to know more and to stick it out to the end. I did and I'm glad I did...

December 19, 2020 | Full Review…

Diane Pershing
Malibu Times