IMDb RATING
7.5/10
7.7K
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Bilal sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe and wants to get to England to see his love who lives there.Bilal sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe and wants to get to England to see his love who lives there.Bilal sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe and wants to get to England to see his love who lives there.
- Awards
- 13 wins & 16 nominations total
Mehmet Selim Akgul
- Zoran
- (as Selim Akgül)
Behi Djanati Atai
- La mère de Mina
- (as Behi Djanati Ataï)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe neighbor of Simon who rats him out to the police, has a doormat with the word 'Welcome' printed on it.
- GoofsWhen Simon finds Mina in London, in the background is a sign for "Elephant and Castle Shopping Center" - in British English, the spelling "centre" would be used.
- Quotes
Marion Calmat: Know what barring people from shops means? Want me to buy you a history-book?
- ConnectionsSpoofed in Chashme Baddoor (2013)
Featured review
An outstanding film! The history is very believable, the life of clandestine as in documentary, a very responsible cinema! And the actors all are excellent! It is sometimes necessary, in our small comfortable life and our well arranged existences, to receive a shock, and that's what came to arrive with shocking film of P.Lioret, which tackles the current and extreme problem of the clandestine. Under terrible conditions, they are ready to risk their being, hoping to create a better future. In addition to the fact that this history is inspired of an actual reality, one can only accept these characters: The swimming coach, splendid in his role; an ordinary man, monopolized in the beginning of the film by his sentimental problems, also by love for the woman who has left him, will take the risk to help in secrecy a young Kurdish refugee, which wants to cross the English Channel by swim. The total lack of humanity from governmental organizations, certainly reduced a little by work of voluntary NGOs, put us vis-à-vis intolerable and unbearable situation that had been forgotten in the West. So I say Merci to Mr. Lioret for this original and humanist film!
- amir_rayatnazari
- Mar 28, 2009
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- Country of origin
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- Languages
- Also known as
- Hoşgeldiniz
- Filming locations
- Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France(main location)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $13,578,009
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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