In Competition
7th Edition

The Charmer

Directed by Milad Alami 

Denmark, Sweden

100 mins

2017

Esmail is a dapper Iranian refugee in Denmark who, clad in a stylish suit, trawls singles bars for women. He appears to be a catch, but Esmail is not the successful professional he comes across as. A refugee whose residence permit has been denied, Esmail is searching for a lot more than a night of fun. When he meets Sara, a young Danish-Iranian woman, it appears that Esmail’s problems are solved, but at the same time a mysterious man is pursuing him.

Credits

Writer
Milad Alami, Ingeborg Topsøe
Producer
Stinna Lassen
Cinematographer
Sophia Olsson
Production Design
Sabine Hviid
Editor
Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Sound
Thomas Huus
Music
Martin Dirkov
Cast
Ardalan Esmaili
Soho Rezanejad
Lars Brygmann
Susan Taslimi
Elmira Arikan
Hassan El Sayed
Stine Fischer Christensen