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Welcome

2009 · 110 min

A quietly devastating, humanistic watch that immerses you in cold, bureaucratic struggle and fragile hope.

Directed by: Philippe Lioret
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi, Audrey Dana

Tagline: Friendship has no borders. True love has no limits.
Overview: 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

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Directed by: Philippe Lioret
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi, Audrey Dana

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: immigration
love
isolation
survival
class
Places: small town
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Philippe Lioret
Written by: Emmanuel Courcol, Olivier Adam
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi, Audrey Dana, Olivier Rabourdin, Derya Ayverdi, Yannick Renier, Thierry Godard, Jean-Paul Comart
Music: Nicola Piovani
Cinematography: Laurent Dailland
Runtime: 110 min
Country: France, United Kingdom
Languages: Turkish, French, English, Kurdish

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