November 21, 2009
Recommended by Arianeta
Eric Caravaca, Gil Alma, Juliane Köhler
A drama centered around the illegal immigrants living in the EU.
Stats: 30 reviews
Flixster Reviews (30)
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November 15, 2009The story of this film begins at dawn over a stunning Aegean sea, introducing a mythic note that will underlie the entire film. When the Coast Guard confiscates the tub, Elias (Scamarcio) is one of the brave lads who jumps (jump to freedom) into the dark waters and swims ashore....( read more)
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November 8, 2009first is a road movie ...Very rare in our times...I AM a big fan of good films i the road ...the little info are not right ... Our hero starts a big trip in many countries until Paris ...its not a drama or as i read somewhere else satire ...its a tender film , emotional . our her...( read more)
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July 31, 2009One word: Painful. More words: Childish screenplay, silly in a very-very bad way, with a main character who in the first 15 minutes runs out of ways of looking naive/clueless/gullible and the least realistic plot I've seen for a while now. That was bad in so many ways...
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March 15, 2009Turning the drama of illegal immigration into a bittersweet comedy sounds like a foolhardy enterprise, but Costa-Gavras mostly gets away with it, thanks largely to this unsentimental film's faith in humanity and a deft mix of allegory and realism. The whole outing is pretty undem...( read more)
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