What does it mean to have a home? Comfort? Security? Privacy? According to Amin, the mononymous subject of the recent Danish documentary Flee, home is somewhere permanent, a place where you no longer have to run. Amin Nawabi, a name that the film directly acknowledges is a pseudonym, fled his home in Afghanistan at a young age and eventually made his way to Denmark, where he began an academic career. Flee finds Amin on the brink of a new chapter in his life, as he and his boyfriend plan to get married and buy a house. But before he can settle down, Amin feels the need to address his past and tell the whole story of his years-long journey.
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