Mister Shah

"Mister Shah" is about a harmless man, who finds himself in prison, after a population paralysed by the fear of terrorism mistakes him for a terrorist.

Mr. Wahid Shah is a Londoner of Pakistani descent, an accountant, a devoted husband, a fan of classical music. He is also perpetually on guard against the onslaught of unhygienic terrors from a world full of contagion.

When one day he dons a surgical mask in order to avoid bacteria on the London Underground his quiet life is turned upside down: he is no longer seen as just another citizen but as a dangerous radical. Suddenly a victim of a paranoia incited by the media in the so-called "War on Terror" he is met with violence. Now he is cast into a dark, excruciating journey through cruelty, doubt and disbelief. As hidden traumas emerge, Wahid has to rethink his own past, present and future.