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Friendship has no borders. True love has no limits.
7.2(262) 2009-03-11 110 minDramaRomance
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
WriterEmmanuel Courcol
DirectorPhilippe Lioret
ScreenplayEmmanuel Courcol
WriterOlivier Adam
ScreenplayOlivier Adam
ProducerFrédérique Dumas-Zajdela
Original Music ComposerNicola Piovani
Cast & characters
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
Patrick Ligardes
as Le voisin de Simon
Jean-Pol Brissart
as Le juge
Blandine Pélissier
as La juge aux affaires familiales
Éric Herson-Macarel
as Le policier du centre de rétention
Gilles Masson
as Le gradé du centre de rétention
Emmanuel Courcol
as Le directeur du supermarché
Jean-François Fagour
as Le chef de la sécurité du supermarché
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Lazare Herson-Macarel
as Le passeur
Stéphane Butet
as Le passeur au volant
Carine Bouquillon
as La bénévole du quai de la soupe
Ibrahim Kiransal
as Aran
Jacques Herlin
as Le policier du centre de rétention
