Welcome (2009)
Rating: 7.2/10
Duration: 110 min
Year: 2009
Director(s): Philippe Lioret
Description:
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
Cast
- Murat Subaşı as Mirko
- Yannick Renier as Alain
- Thierry Godard as Bruno
- Blandine Pélissier as La juge aux affaires familiales
- Vincent Lindon as Simon
- Olivier Rabourdin as Le lieutenant de police
- Audrey Dana as Marion
- Jean-Paul Comart as Le gradé chez Simon
- Behi Djanati Atai as La mère de Mina
- Patrick Ligardes as Le voisin de Simon
- Firat Ayverdi as Bilal
- Derya Ayverdi as Mîna
- Fırat Çelik as Koban
- Mehmet Selim Akgul as Zoran
- Jean-Pol Brissart as Le juge
