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2009· 12· 1h 50m· Drama· Romance
“Friendship has no borders. True love has no limits.”
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
2009-03-11
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Key Crew
DirectorPhilippe Lioret
WriterEmmanuel Courcol
ScreenplayEmmanuel Courcol
ProducerFrédérique Dumas-Zajdela
Director of PhotographyLaurent Dailland
Original Music ComposerNicola Piovani
EditorAndrea Sedláčková
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Details
Released2009-03-11
Runtime1h 50m · 12
StatusReleased
StudiosNord-Ouest Films
LanguagesTurkish · French · English · Kurdish
CountriesFrance · United Kingdom
Rating7.2/10 · 259 votes
Original languagefr
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