Welcome

Mar 11, 2009

1h 50m

★ 7.2

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

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Nord-Ouest Films

Welcome Trailers

Cast

Simon

Vincent Lindon

Bilal

Firat Ayverdi

Marion

Audrey Dana

Le lieutenant de police

Olivier Rabourdin

Mîna

Derya Ayverdi

Alain

Yannick Renier

Bruno

Thierry Godard

Le gradé chez Simon

Jean-Paul Comart

Koban

Fırat Çelik

Zoran

Mehmet Selim Akgul

Mirko

Murat Subaşı

La mère de Mina

Behi Djanati Atai

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