The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient 'In This World' follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. Entering Turkey on foot through a snowy, Kurdish-controlled pass, the pair again take their lives into their hands and face suffocation when they are locked in a freight container on a ship bound for Italy. From there they plan to travel on to Paris, the Sangatte refuge centre and ultimately asylum in London.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic75/100
59 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael WinterbottomDirector
- Tony GrisoniWriter
- Dario MarianelliOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jamal Udin TorabiJamal
- EnayatullahEnayat
- Imran ParachaTravel Agent (Pakistan)
- HiddayatullahEnayat's Brother (Pakistan)
- JamauEnayat's Father (Pakistan)
- Wakeel KhanEnayat's Uncle 1 (Pakistan)
- Lal ZarinEnayat's Uncle 2 (Pakistan)
- Ahsan RazaMoney Changer (Pakistan)
- Mirwais TorabiJamal's Older Brother (Pakistan)
- Abdul AhmadGroom (Pakistan)
- Amanullah TorabiJamal's Younger Brother (Pakistan)
- Ramzan AliDriver 1 (Pakistan)