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In This World
2003 1h 28m Michael Winterbottom

In This World

★ 7.3 IMDb
Drama
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.
WriterTony Grisoni

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Awards & Festivals
Nominated European Film Award for Best Film
Won Golden Bear
Nominated European Film Award for Best Cinematographer
Nominated European Film Award for Best Director
Selection 16th European Film Awards
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