[NEW RELEASES] GHOST TRAIL (Les Fant�mes) Jonathan Millet From Friday, September 19th Film info: 106 mins, France, 2024, Digital Notes by David O�Mahony The conventions of a John Le Carr�-style spy thriller are imaginatively applied to a study of trauma and PTSD in Jonathan Millet�s nail-biting debut fiction feature. The year is 2015; Hamid (Adam Bessa) is a bereaved Syrian exile living a quietly ordered life in Strasbourg, whose world is upended when he thinks he recognises a man from his past. Gradually we become aware that Hamid is part of clandestine network of Syrians intent on tracking down those responsible for the worst atrocities of Bashar�s regime. He is convinced, to the chagrin of his sceptical handler Nina (Julia Franz Richter), that he has identified Harfaz, a brutal criminal at whose hands Hamid suffered. A cat and mouse game ensues that will reveal much about Hamid�s tortured psychological state and desire for retribution.