In This World (2003)

Synopsis

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.

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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)

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