Welcome (2009)
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
- Released
- 2009-03-11
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Philippe Lioret, Emmanuel Courcol, Olivier Adam
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 267 votes
Cast
- Vincent Lindon as Simon
- Firat Ayverdi as Bilal
- Audrey Dana as Marion
- Olivier Rabourdin as Le lieutenant de police
- Derya Ayverdi as Mîna
- Yannick Renier as Alain
- Thierry Godard as Bruno
- Jean-Paul Comart as Le gradé chez Simon
- Fırat Çelik as Koban
- Mehmet Selim Akgul as Zoran
- Murat Subaşı as Mirko
- Behi Djanati Atai as La mère de Mina
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