A Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) alum, “Mirage” is described as a western, which tells the intriguing story of an African (we aren’t told what specific country) football player in a small Hungarian town, who commits a crime and has to flee. He finds refuge on a farm deep in the Hungarian flatland. Soon he realizes that the farm is a modern slave camp where he is forced to fight for his freedom and ultimately his life.

S&A actor fave Isaach de Bankolé (an actor who works internationally, and seemingly isn’t limited by any boundaries) stars in the film, which is written and directed by Hungarian filmmaker Szabolcs Hajdu.

The project hails from Mirage Film Studio, is executive produced by De Bankolé, and produced by Andrea Taschler, Gábor Kovács.

“Mirage” was a TIFF Contemporary World Cinema selection, one of the top movie showcases, although the film hasn’t been released in the USA. Its only North American screening, besides TIFF, was at the Seattle International Film Festival last year (at least, according to IMDBPro). So it’s a woefully underseen film. It was released theatrically in the filmmaker’s native Hungary, but nowhere else, which is too bad.

But I’m investigating a potential USA (or any English-language territory) release, so when I learn more, I’ll share here.

In the meantime, take a look at a first embedded below, followed by official pics from the production: