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In This World

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In This World (2002)
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A refugee family is trying to reach more peaceful lands illegally inside trucks.A refugee family is trying to reach more peaceful lands illegally inside trucks.A refugee family is trying to reach more peaceful lands illegally inside trucks.

IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Michael Winterbottom
  • Writer
    • Tony Grisoni
  • Stars
    • Jamal Udin Torabi
    • Enayatullah
    • Imran Paracha
Top credits
  • Director
    • Michael Winterbottom
  • Writer
    • Tony Grisoni
  • Stars
    • Jamal Udin Torabi
    • Enayatullah
    • Imran Paracha
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 35User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 7 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Top cast

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    Jamal Udin Torabi
    • Jamalas Jamal
    Enayatullah
    • Enayatas Enayat
    Imran Paracha
    • Travel Agent (Pakistan)as Travel Agent (Pakistan)
    Hiddayatullah
    • Enayat's Brother (Pakistan)as Enayat's Brother (Pakistan)
    Jamau
    • Enayat's Father (Pakistan)as Enayat's Father (Pakistan)
    Wakeel Khan
    • Enayat's Uncle 1 (Pakistan)as Enayat's Uncle 1 (Pakistan)
    Lal Zarin
    • Enayat's Uncle 2 (Pakistan)as Enayat's Uncle 2 (Pakistan)
    Ahsan Raza
    • Money Changer (Pakistan)as Money Changer (Pakistan)
    Mirwais Torabi
    • Jamal's Older Brother (Pakistan)as Jamal's Older Brother (Pakistan)
    Abdul Ahmad
    • Groom (Pakistan)as Groom (Pakistan)
    Amanullah Torabi
    • Jamal's Younger Brother (Pakistan)as Jamal's Younger Brother (Pakistan)
    Ramzan Ali
    • Driver 1 (Pakistan)as Driver 1 (Pakistan)
    Chaman Ali
    • Driver 2 (Pakistan)as Driver 2 (Pakistan)
    Rasheed
    • Soldier Shaheen (Pakistan)as Soldier Shaheen (Pakistan)
    Allah Bauhsh
    • Farid (Pakistan)as Farid (Pakistan)
    Hossain Baghaeian
    • Behrooz (Iran)as Behrooz (Iran)
    Yaaghoob Nosraj Poor
    • Kurdish Father (Iran)as Kurdish Father (Iran)
    Ghodrat Poor
    • Kurdish Mother (Iran)as Kurdish Mother (Iran)
    • Director
      • Michael Winterbottom
    • Writer
      • Tony Grisoni
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    Storyline

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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. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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    • Taglines
      • The journey to freedom has no borders.
    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for brief strong language
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film had two working titles before settling on its final name. While it was being shot, it was known as "The Silk Road". This was primarily as a cover, since officials in many countries were told the film was a documentary about that historical subject. Later, it was known as "M1187511", which was the UK Home Office's file number for the real-life Jamal's application for refugee status. Before its release however, the title was changed to "In This World". As Michael Winterbottom describes on the DVD, the title came from a line in the film where Jamal was translated as saying that a central character was dead. Jamal informed Winterbottom, on seeing this, that it was inaccurate. What he had actually said was that the man was "no longer in this world". Hence the film's title.
    • Quotes

      Jamal: [on phone] This is Jamal, calling from London. Yes... yes, I got to London. Enayat? He's not here. He's not in this world.

    • Alternate versions
      The British DVD features a 1.78:1 transfer of the film. Although the film was shot for release in theaters at 2.35:1, because it was made on DV, the total space of the filmed image was 1.78. The film was masked for theatrical release, as the director intended. However, for subsequent showing on BBC and then DVD release, the film was shown open matte. The American DVD, on the other hand, respects the theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1.
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      Featured in Goedemorgen Nederland: Episode dated 16 October 2003 (2003)

    User reviews35

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Moving, gritty, a brilliant docu-drama that should be seen
    This film deserves a wide audience - and we are constantly reminded what or who is in this world, and what that entails. The story line is simple: two Afghan refugees, dispossessed in their land, struggling to survive (on 1 US $ a day, search for new life in a promised land - either the United Kingdom (London) or the USA.

    We are all aware of the prejudice meted out to those of middle Eastern descent by the leaders of these 'first world countries'; we are also aware that war and the rampage of war leads to dog-eats-dog scenario.

    Without preaching, the director takes us (through an involvement with the young leads, apparently not trained actors) through this world, moving from Afghanistan, to the East (Iran, Pakistan), and landing in Europe (Turkey, Italy, England).

    What struck me throughout was the single-mindedness displayed by the younger actors, as they have to cope with a world at once alien and familiar to them.

    There are moments of intense kindness by strangers, balanced by the manipulation of others who are motivated by greed and an unempathetic bureaucracy too.

    Acting is naturalistic: there are some brilliant cameo shots - and Winterbottom has achieved a Herculean task; the film comes across as a real, hands-on documentary that is unscripted, and where events unfold before one's eyes.

    Aided by voice-overs and a montage of black and white images, this has a feel of historic truth, a sense of actuality about it. I was moved by this film, totally.

    It is a cry from the director's soul, and (unfortunately) won't reach the people it should. Refreshing, sensitive and an absolute must-see.
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    5
    • philip-ct
    • May 9, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 28, 2003 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • Pashtu
      • Persian
      • English
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • Trong Thê Gioi Này
    • Filming locations
      • UK
    • Production companies
      • The Film Consortium
      • Film Council
      • The Works
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • £75,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $84,299
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $24,602
      • Sep 21, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $322,097
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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