Movie
In This World
Overview
Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient 'In This World' follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. Entering Turkey on foot through a snowy, Kurdish-controlled pass, the pair again take their lives into their hands and face suffocation when they are locked in a freight container on a ship bound for Italy. From there they plan to travel on to Paris, the Sangatte refuge centre and ultimately asylum in London.
Details
- Release date
- 2003-03-28
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BBC
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jamal Udin Torabi as Jamal
- Enayatullah as Enayat
- Imran Paracha as Travel Agent (Pakistan)
- Hiddayatullah as Enayat's Brother (Pakistan)
- Jamau as Enayat's Father (Pakistan)
- Wakeel Khan as Enayat's Uncle 1 (Pakistan)
- Lal Zarin as Enayat's Uncle 2 (Pakistan)
- Ahsan Raza as Money Changer (Pakistan)
- Mirwais Torabi as Jamal's Older Brother (Pakistan)
- Abdul Ahmad as Groom (Pakistan)
- Amanullah Torabi as Jamal's Younger Brother (Pakistan)
- Ramzan Ali as Driver 1 (Pakistan)
Crew
- Michael Winterbottom - Director
- Tony Grisoni - Writer
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