The Pirates of Somalia

The Pirates of Somalia (or simply Pirates of Somalia in the UK) is a 2017 American drama filmwritten and directed by Bryan Buckley. The film stars Evan Peters, Al Pacino, Melanie Griffith, and Barkhad Abdi. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2017. The film was released on December 8, 2017, by Echo Bridge.

Contents

1Plot

2Cast

3Production

4Release

5References

6External links

Plot[edit]

After his graduation from the University of Toronto, journalist Jay Bahadur in vain tries to gain a foothold in the profession. Still living with his parents, he keeps himself afloat with unsatisfactory activity as a questioner for product placing in supermarkets. A chance appears when his journalistic idol Seymour Tolbin inspires him to realize his dream of journalism not in a conventional way through a post-graduate university education, but through an exciting mission to investigate the backgrounds of piracy in Somalia.

Bahadur secures support from local people and flies to the civil war-torn country. Through his translator Abdi, he manages to establish contacts with the local Somali pirates and to interview them. He gets increasingly interested in studying an organization of Somali pirates. In order to fulfill this dream, Jay continues his investigation, finding himself more and more in danger, and is eventually carried along by the maelstrom of events.

Cast[edit]

Evan Peters as Jay Bahadur

Al Pacino as Seymour Tolbin

Melanie Griffith as Maria Bahadur

Barkhad Abdi as Abdi

Aidan Whytock as Agent Brice

Kiana Madani as Tracy Ziconni

Philip Ettinger as Alex

Darron Meyer as Mitch Kelp

Russell Posner as Jared Bahadur

Armaan Haggio as Mohamad Farole Jr.

Jojo Gonzalez as Jojo

Maria Vos as Avril Benoît

Sabrina Hassan as Maryan

Mohamed Barre as Boyah

Abdi Sidow Farah as Colonel Omar

Production[edit]

On October 20, 2015, it was announced Bryan Buckley would direct the film, with Evan Peters joining the cast. On February 11, 2016, Al Pacino, Melanie Griffith and Barkhad Abdi joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began in February 2016, and ended on April 24, 2016.

Release[edit]

The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2017. Shortly after, Echo Bridge acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film, and set it for a December 8, 2017, release.

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External links[edit]

The Pirates of Somalia on IMDb

The Pirates of Somalia at Rotten Tomatoes