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2009·110'

Philippe Lioret

RomanceDrama

FR - French

Letterboxd TMDB #15712

Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English Channel when you can't swim? The boy soon discovers that his trip won't be as easy as he imagined... The community of struggling illegal aliens in Calais

Cast

Vincent Lindon Simon Firat Ayverdi Bilal Audrey Dana Marion Olivier Rabourdin Le lieutenant de police Derya Ayverdi Mîna Yannick Renier Alain Thierry Godard Bruno Jean-Paul Comart Le gradé chez Simon Fırat Çelik Koban Mehmet Selim Akgul Zoran Murat Subaşı Mirko Behi Djanati Atai La mère de Mina