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Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic61/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
266 audience votes
Key crew
- Philippe LioretDirector
- Emmanuel CourcolScreenplay
- Olivier AdamScreenplay
- Emmanuel CourcolWriter
- Olivier AdamWriter
- Nicola PiovaniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Vincent LindonSimon
- Firat AyverdiBilal
- Audrey DanaMarion
- Olivier RabourdinLe lieutenant de police
- Derya AyverdiMîna
- Yannick RenierAlain
- Thierry GodardBruno
- Jean-Paul ComartLe gradé chez Simon
- Fırat ÇelikKoban
- Mehmet Selim AkgulZoran
- Murat SubaşıMirko
- Behi Djanati AtaiLa mère de Mina
Stills
Themes
refugeeillegal immigrationkurdcalais