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2002

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Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient In This World follows young Afghan (impressive newcomer Udin Torabi) and his older cousin Enayat (Enayatullah) as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. Entering Turkey on foot through a .. Read more

Starring	Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha
Director	Michael Winterbottom
Genres	Drama

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- Shot on digital video, this falls somewhere between documentary and drama, recreating the experience of the vast journey by bus, car, and lorry with its monotony and sudden flurries of action, its uncertainties and dangers. It is an untidy movie, with no
- 32785
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  Excellent
  
  Docu/drama crossover using refugee actors without a script and based on the desparate journeys made from Pakistan to Britain by refugees. Follows the two young ... read more »
  
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  - Leeds
  - 31 Mar 2004 at 11:38
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  Highly Recommend
  
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  I thought this film wholly captured the plight of people who want to make a new life in another, less fraught country. It is based on the story of an acutal ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 14 Jan 2012 at 09:49
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  Pity the poor immigrant
  
  This film follows the fortunes of Afghans who pay people smugglers to travel overland in the hope of starting a better life in Britain. We know from news ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 07 Mar 2011 at 10:33
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  Good documentary. Bad politics.
  
  Winterbottom does a very good job telling the story of refugees, it is a very realistic and honest documentary. And enjoyable too.
  
  The main thing ... read more »
  
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- - HarunK
  - 3 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 06 Nov 2010 at 14:28
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  Outstanding triumph
  
  Beautifully crafted movie....i was a bit sceptical at first, a movie about a trip from pakistan to london sounded like it could be one of those long, 'arty... read more »
  
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- - elliottburton
  - 46 reviews
  - london/leeds
  - 14 Mar 2010 at 22:44
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  A fraught & fateful journey
  
  While the two refugees from Afghanistan, temporarily camped in Pakistan, pursue their extraordinary trek (by bus, truck and on foot) to London, the viewer, ... read more »
  
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  - Picaro
  - 67 reviews
  - Bangor
  - 01 Jan 2010 at 18:44
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  In this world.
  
  OUTOFTHISWORLD. i truly enjoyed this, a great piece of film making, should be thoroughly enjoyed by anyone with a pulse and a bit of heart. Thank you.
  
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- - BarringtonPRobinson
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  - Carshalton
  - 13 Apr 2009 at 12:25
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  Brilliant!
  
  Not knowing what to expect, I was bowled over by 'In This World'. The afgan lad that the film follows is extraordinary... His journey is both uplifting ... read more »
  
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  - Liverpool
  - 21 Jan 2009 at 23:33
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  a treat
  
  a real little gem, educational, different, informative, emotional and challenges perspective. the style of filming lends itself to fly on thr wall ... read more »
  
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- - markyl1973
  - 140 reviews
  - Brighton
  - 16 Oct 2008 at 09:06
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  Dire
  
  After half an hour I was bored - it was a good decision to fastforward through the rest of the film as I realised I'd saved a valuable hour of my life. Slow... read more »
  
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- - Ado
  - 52 reviews
  - Newport
  - 04 Sep 2008 at 21:40
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  Tedious
  
  Tediously preachey and predictable too. Too long, would have been better as a documentary, feel like wasted evening watching it.
  
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  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 06 Aug 2008 at 12:20
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- - 24
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  Excellent
  
  Docu/drama crossover using refugee actors without a script and based on the desparate journeys made from Pakistan to Britain by refugees. Follows the two young ... read more »
  
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  - Leeds
  - 31 Mar 2004 at 11:38
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  Is there any genre or ...
  
  Is there any genre or subject that Michael Winterbottom cannot tackle successfully?! This film is a masterpiece of understatement, made all the more remarkable ... read more »
  
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- - Dazza#1
  - CAMDEN
  - 14 Dec 2003 at 18:15
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  Out of this world
  
  How did they do it? Create a film that appears so startlingly real that the line between fiction and reality is indefinable. The answer lies in the DVD extras ... read more »
  
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- - istanbulondon
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  - 27 Feb 2004 at 14:08
- - 4
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  A 'must see' for the chattering classes
  
  For some people, this film may come as quite a shock. The social underclass, collectively known as ‘asylum seekers’, does actually contain real human ... read more »
  
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- - Dodgyhair
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  - 05 Jun 2004 at 14:57
- - 4
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  A "docu-film"...
  
  A "docu-film" where the characters are actors but the setting and filming is documentray-like. A sad story, all too realistic, of the dangers and ... read more »
  
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- - Rory#17
  - TOTNES
  - 11 Oct 2004 at 09:08
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  A brilliant ...
  
  A brilliant documentary dramatisation . The story is touching and the cinematography very poignant.
  
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- - Bunmio#1
  - LONDON
  - 28 Jan 2004 at 12:23
- - 2
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  A must-see
  
  I'm giving this 4*s because I feel it's a film you should see. and I'm glad I did - because it really helped me to see things more from the other ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 21 Dec 2005 at 22:30
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  Raw and gripping but nearly ruined by moralising
  
  I enjoyed this film for it's heart breaking realism and it is a great demonstration of what can be done on mini DV with a good story and actors. However, I ... read more »
  
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  - london, england
  - 04 Oct 2006 at 14:14
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  The Daily Mail Sucks
  
  This movie is a masterpiece of cinema.
  
  The movie challenges your deep rooted prejudices of refugees / asylum seekers / economic migrants.
  
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  - London
  - 14 Sep 2005 at 09:43
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  Dire
  
  After half an hour I was bored - it was a good decision to fastforward through the rest of the film as I realised I'd saved a valuable hour of my life. Slow... read more »
  
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- - Ado
  - 52 reviews
  - Newport
  - 04 Sep 2008 at 21:40

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Critics' reviews
- Shot on digital video, this falls somewhere between documentary and drama, recreating the experience of the vast journey by bus, car, and lorry with its monotony and sudden flurries of action, its uncertainties and dangers. It is an untidy movie, with no
- 32785
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
- Winterbottom's film is distinguished by its simplicity. Two Afghan refugees from a teeming camp in western Pakistan... read more on Time Out
- 46096
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16
- A work of raw power
- 258000
- - Total Film
  - 28 Mar 2012 at 03:26

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  Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient In This World follows young Afghan (impressive newcomer Udin Torabi) and his older cousin Enayat (Enayatullah) as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. ...