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Welcome (2009)
Directed by Philippe Lioret
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
Length 110 minutes
Actors
Vincent Lindon | Firat Ayverdi | Audrey Dana | Olivier Rabourdin | Derya Ayverdi | Yannick Renier | Thierry Godard | Jean-Paul Comart | Firat Celik | Mehmet Selim Akgul | Murat Subasi | Behi Djanati Atai | Patrick Ligardes | Jean-Pol Brissart | Blandine Pélissier | Eric Herson-Macarel | Gilles Masson | Emmanuel Courcol | Jean-François Fagour | Lazare Herson-Macarel | Stéphane Butet | Carine Bouquillon | Ibrahim Kiransal | Jacques Herlin | Jeremy Zylberberg | Vincent Pietton | Bruno Tuchszer | Florence Hebbelynck | Joakim Latzko | Emmanuelle Dupuy | Philippe Gaulé | Kae Bahar