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Mar 11, 2009
110 min
DramaRomance
7.2/ 10
251 votes

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

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TMDB
7.2/10
251 votes
IMDB
7.5/10
7,728 votes
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87%
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13 wins & 19 nominations total

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"Friendship has no borders. True love has no limits."

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Nord-Ouest Films

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