Welcome
“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
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Cast
34 people
Vincent Lindon
Simon
Known for
Titane
Dragon Hunters
Firat Ayverdi
Bilal
Audrey Dana
Marion
Known for
If I Were a Boy
Zorro
Olivier Rabourdin
Le lieutenant de police
Known for
Taken
Rosemary's Baby
Derya Ayverdi
Mîna
No other roles listed
Yannick Renier
Alain
Known for
Patients
Goliath
Thierry Godard
Bruno
Known for
Andor
Spiral
Eric Herson-Macarel
Le policier du centre de rétention
Jean-Paul Comart
Le gradé chez Simon
Known for
L.627
Scout Toujours
Fırat Çelik
Koban
Known for
What is Fatmagul's Fault?
Mehmet Selim Akgul
Zoran
Known for
Osman Pazarlama
Fig Jam
Murat Subaşı
Mirko
Known for
Franklin
Elyas
Philippe Lioret Director · Olivier Adam Screenplay Emmanuel Courcol Screenplay
Worldwide gross $14M · Budget $10M · First release March 11, 2009
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$13,600,000
Gross vs. budget
1.4×
Production
Nord-Ouest Films
Production
Nord-Ouest Productions
Production
France · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · Kurdish · Turkish
Release dates
France · March 11, 2009
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 4, 2010 · Theatrical
Italy
December 11, 2009 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 30, 2009 · Theatrical
December 7, 2009 · Physical · DVD
November 4, 2012 · TV · Nederland 2
South Africa
July 25, 2009 · Premiere · Durban International Film Festival
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