Bandido (2023)

Exiled Egyptian photojournalist Alaa finds himself one night at a friend's party, 6 months after fleeing from Cairo to Berlin. During the party he meets Lia and is immediately attracted to her. But the seemingly genuine and rare connection that develops throughout the night is choked in a heartbeat, the moment he realizes that the person he chose to open up to and be vulnerable with, works as a police person in Berlin. Alaa sits in shock trying to process the absurdity of the situation and the world around him. He questions his ideas of the 'other' and our preconceived notions and sits in helplessness pondering over his place in the world.