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In This World

2002 · 88 min · Director: Michael Winterbottom ★ IMDb 7.3 · 4,558 ratings

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In February 2002 in the Shamshatoo Refugee Camp in the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan, there are 53,000 refugees living in sub-human conditions since 1979 with the Soviet Union invasion and 2001 with the USA bombing and invasion of Afghanistan. The family of the Afghan Enayat and his cousin Jamal decides to send them illegally to London to have a better life. They hire coyotes to smuggle the cousins through Iran and Turkey to Italy and finally London hidden inside trucks and containers. However, the long journey locked in a container with other families poses a terrible challenge to the boys.

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In This World (2002) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 30%, Anxiety 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Cast

JU
Jamal Udin Torabi

E
Enayatullah

IP
Imran Paracha

H
Hiddayatullah

Enayat's Brother (Pakistan)

J
Jamau

Enayat's Father (Pakistan)

WK
Wakeel Khan

Enayat's Uncle 1 (Pakistan)

LZ
Lal Zarin

Enayat's Uncle 2 (Pakistan)

AR
Ahsan Raza

Money Changer (Pakistan)

MT
Mirwais Torabi

Jamal's Older Brother (Pakistan)

AA
Abdul Ahmad

Groom (Pakistan)

AT
Amanullah Torabi

Jamal's Younger Brother (Pakistan)

RA
Ramzan Ali

Driver 1 (Pakistan)

CA
Chaman Ali

Driver 2 (Pakistan)

R
Rasheed

Soldier Shaheen (Pakistan)

AB
Allah Bauhsh

Farid (Pakistan)

HB
Hossain Baghaeian

Behrooz (Iran)

YN
Yaaghoob Nosraj Poor

Kurdish Father (Iran)

GP
Ghodrat Poor

Kurdish Mother (Iran)

MP
Mehdi Poor

Kurdish Baby (Iran)

AA
Ahmad Azami

Kurdish Father (Iran)

Details

Written by
Tony Grisoni
Type
Movies
Released
2002
Runtime
88 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 4,558 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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