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Steal Away

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A teenager forms an intense bond with a refugee taken in by her family. As their obsessive relationship deepens, she becomes enamored with the refugee's lifestyle, leading to desire, jealousy, and a world that is not as it appears.

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Sarah-Tai Black Globe and Mail Jul 16
Buoyed by a fantastic cast and wholly attentive cinematography and costuming, Steal Away puts itself in the unenviable position of having to narratively settle up dense thematics. Go to Full Review Murtada Elfadl Variety Sep 25
There is a difference between trying to start a conversation by not stating the obvious and staying so opaque that a dialogue never even starts. “Steal Away” leans towards the latter. Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates RogerEbert.com Sep 15
The film’s script combines an examination of how structural and historical racism breeds a culture of abuse and generational trauma with an exploration of women’s complex, and often hurtful, relationship with our own bodies. Go to Full Review Karen Bliss NOW Toronto 4d
The female leads are captivating, Australian Angourie Rice as Fanny, awkward and inexperienced, who is captivated and jealous of Cécile, played by American newcomer Mallori Johnson. I Go to Full Review Andrew Parker The Gate Jul 18
3/10
Steal Away is the kind of project that suffers because it wants to be too many things at once, and all of those differing, sometimes outright combative elements never coalesce into a coherent, workable whole. Go to Full Review Eric Marchen Rogers TV Jul 17
C-
You’re never quite sure what direction Virgo gave to editor Jorge Weisz, since individual sequences-sometimes surreal, other moments campy-struggle to meld thematically. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Clement Virgo

Director

Angourie Rice

Fanny

Mallori Johnson

Cécile

Lauren Lee Smith

Florence

Idrissa Sanogo

Rufus

Arnold Pinnock

Washington
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Movie Info

Synopsis A teenager forms an intense bond with a refugee taken in by her family. As their obsessive relationship deepens, she becomes enamored with the refugee's lifestyle, leading to desire, jealousy, and a world that is not as it appears.
Director
Clement Virgo
Producer
Damon D'Oliveira, Peter De Maegd, Tom Hameeuw, Clement Virgo
Screenwriter
Clement Virgo, Tamara Berger
Production Co
Conquering Lion Pictures, Potemkino
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 53m