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7.2Bilal 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
Released: 2009-03-11110 minDir: Philippe LioretDrama, Romance
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Cast
- Vincent Lindon as Simon
- Firat Ayverdi as Bilal
- Audrey Dana as Marion
- Olivier Rabourdin as Le lieutenant de police
- Derya Ayverdi as Mîna
- Yannick Renier as Alain
Themes
- refugee
- illegal immigration
- kurd
- calais
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
7,728 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 13 wins & 19 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Lux Prize
- Participant in
- 22nd European Film Awards
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- Turkish
- Main subject
- illegal immigration
- Director
- Philippe Lioret
- Screenwriter
- Philippe Lioret
- Composer
- Nicola Piovani
- Narrative location
- Calais
- Filming location
- Calais
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 484195
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 5 more facts
- title
- Welcome
- publication date
- 2010-02-04
- film editor
- Andrea Sedláčková
- nominated for
- Lumière Award for Best Screenplay
- review score
- 61/100
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