What It All Could Be (2021): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2021, What It All Could Be is a drama, comedy, music and romance film directed by Pourya Pour, running about 83 minutes.

What it’s about. Hum lives in a refugee camp near Hamburg. He loves films and finances his visits to the cinema by selling lost properties from cinema visits in the refugee camp. One day he meets Anna and her friend Ida. At a dinner together in the shared flat of the two, they find out that they all share a love of music. Anna and Ida can sing great together and Hum shares the contact with his friends who play in a band. A timid and touching love story develops between Hum and Anna. Both are looking forward to the first performance of the band, in which Anna now sings. But shortly before the performance, Hum is to be deported. Neither his love for Anna and music nor his imagination can save him from the everyday life of a refugee.

Who’s in it. What It All Could Be stars Pourya Pour as Hum..., Solomia Kushnir as Anna, Nika Kushnir as Ida and Anis Hamdoun as Hamid, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 10.0/10, What It All Could Be sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch What It All Could Be page.

If you liked it. Fans of What It All Could Be tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.