In This World (2002)
This film follows the hazardous journey of two Afghan boys as they travel from Pakistan through Iran, Turkey, Italy, France and the UK in search of refuge in London. (Sundance Film Series)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Michael Winterbottom
Written By: Tony Grisoni
Starring: Wakeel Khan, Lal Zarin, Ahsan Raza, Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha, Hiddayatullah, Jamau
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
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In This World belongs to 18 collections
1. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 30 stars)
2. AAA: Empire's five star movies (collaborative: moderated by KasperL - 24 stars)
3. Women+ (collaborative: moderated by paulofilmo - 18 stars)
4. Golden Bear (collaborative: moderated by CCLZA - 16 stars)
5. Doubling The Canon (collaborative - 13 stars)
6. Road Trip (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 12 stars)
7. List: Taschen (collaborative: moderated by KasperL - 6 stars)
8. European Film Awards: Best Film (nominations) (collaborative: moderated by Rubens - 6 stars)
9. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
10. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
11. BIFA Winner (collaborative: moderated by paulofilmo - 3 stars)
12. TimeOut Magazine's 100 best British films (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 3 stars)
13. BBC Films Productions (collaborative: moderated by ellinikos - 2 stars)
14. BAFTA Award for Best British Film (Nominees) (collaborative: moderated by ellinikos - 1 star)
15. British director (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
16. toucé (public: rnest - 1 star)
17. 2002: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
18. time was (public: rnest)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Dec 20, 2016 |  |
PeaceAnarchy | 80 61st |
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The style doesn't always work, but the content more than makes up for it with a very up close and personal perspective on a refugee experience.
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| Sep 05, 2016 |  |
JakeAesthete | 25 22nd |
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Earnest and well-meaning liberal pandering, but pandering just the same. The gimmick of having two Afghani refugees reenact their trek from Pakistan to London is sort of inspired i suppose, but this is one of those instances where "nonprofessional" does not equal "convincing" acting. Marcel Zyskind does the best he can within his limited means to make this look okay, but the faux-authoritative narration and the unnecessary illustrative graphics are less forgivable.
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| Sep 09, 2013 |  |
closedmouth | 80 67th |
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Loved this for the most part, but it fell into a bit of cheap manipulation in the last act and never really recovered. Too bad, everything leading up to that was pretty much perfect.
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| Feb 10, 2013 |  |
iyisinek | 90 97th |
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Mülteci, göç, pakistan, iran, türkiye, italya, paris, tir, istanbul, (Pakistan peşaver'den yola çikan iki arkadasin Avrupa'ya yolculugunu oldukça gerçekci bir sekilde konu ediniyor.)
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| Aug 14, 2007 | djfntstque | 70 48th |
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Shot-by-shot, it feels like barren, uncompromising reality - which is probably why Winterbottom's post-prod flourishes feel strained and jarring.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
akstanwyck | 80 57th |
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One of those impeccably made films that makes you feel like you're seeing reality. There are no seams showing that clue you into any fakery. It looks real. And seems terribly of the moment in terms of the state of the world.
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| Average Percentile 57.4% from 165 Ratings |  |