Welcome (2009)
Friendship has no borders. True love has no limits.
110 min
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
- Release date
- October 22, 2009
- Country of origin
- France
Where to watch
Subscription
France Channel Amazon Channel
Free
Kanopy
Trailer
Cast
- Vincent Lindon as Simon Calmat
- Firat Ayverdi as Bilal
- Audrey Dana as Marion Calmat
- Olivier Rabourdin as Lieutenant Caratini
- Derya Ayverdi as Mina
- Yannick Renier as Alain
- Thierry Godard as Bruno
- Jean-Paul Comart as Le gradé chez Simon
- Fırat Çelik as Koban
- Murat Subasi 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
- Lazare Herson-Macarel as Le passeur
- Stéphane Butet as Le passeur au volant
- Carine Bouquillon as La bénévole du quai de la soupe
- Jacques Herlin as Le policier du centre de rétention
- Florence Hebbelynck as L'avocate au tribunal
- Joakim Latzko as L'Afghan du centre de rétention
- Mehmet Selim Akgul as Zoran
Crew
- Philippe Lioret · Director
- Philippe Lioret · Writer
- Emmanuel Courcol · Writer
- Olivier Adam · Writer
- Serge Frydman · Writer
- Christophe Rossignon · Producer
- Nicola Piovani · Composer
- Laurent Dailland · Cinematographer
- Andrea Sedlácková · Editor
- Tatiana Vialle · Casting director