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2009

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Directed by Philippe Lioret
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

Duration

1h 50m

Released

March 11, 2009

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Cast33

  • Vincent Lindon
  • Firat Ayverdi
  • Audrey Dana
  • Olivier Rabourdin
  • Derya Ayverdi
  • Yannick Renier
  • Thierry Godard
  • Jean-Paul Comart
  • Fırat Çelik

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