- Country: Belgium, Croatia, Netherlands
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 2018-10-11
- Director: Ben Sombogaart
- Writers: Tijs van Marle , Massimo Gaudioso , Fabio Natale
- Language: English | Dutch | Italian | Arabic
- Stars: Melody Klaver , Nabil Mallat , Mehdi Meskar , Nawfel Bardad-Daidj , Tine Joustra , Iwan Walhain , Antonio Scarpa , Medina Schuurman , Rabbah Besseghir , Junes Lazaar
- Runtime: 105 min
- Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
- AKA: Rafaël (Netherlands the) , Rafaël (Spain) , 只想與你相聚 (Taiwan) , Rafaël (Italy) , Rafaël
- Plot: The Arab Spring forces Tunisian Nazir, married to the pregnant Dutch hairdresser Kimmy, to escape to Europe, but he ends up in Lampedusa, imprisoned as an illegal refugee. RAFAËL is a romantic drama about two lovers giving everything they have, just to be reunited for the birth of their son Rafaël. It is a suspenseful story about borders, dreams, perseverance and love-transcending bureaucracy, borders and even prison walls.
- IMDB:tt4037876
Rafaël Cast · · · ALL
Ben Sombogaart
Director
Melody Klaver
Kimmy
Nabil Mallat
Nazir
Mehdi Meskar
Rafaël
Tine Joustra
Civil servant at Dutch embassy
Medina Schuurman
Annet - Kimmy's Mother
Claude Musungayi
Youssouf - man on boat
Iwan Walhain
Foreign affairs official in the Hague
Sandra Mattie
Dutch TV show host
Reinout Bussemaker
Dutch Secretary of State
Beppe Costa
Civil servant at Italian embassy
Marko Cindric
BBC reporter
Dunja Sepcic Bogner
Croatian reporter
Asim Ugljen
Guard in Trapani camp