The conventions of a John Le Carré-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.