In This World Movie Review 2003

Torabi and Enayatullah star as themselves as the film recounts their journey as Afghan refugees from Pakistan to London. Winterbottom's most political film is powerful and effectively balances the personal issues and travails of its characters with the larger issues it illustrates. The lack of a script (they used mostly outlines) hurts the film in the end, but the performances of the mostly non-professional cast balance that weakness. Shot in documentary style on digital video.

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Available on DVD
Running time 88 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Road Trip

Screenplay

Tony Grisoni

Cast

Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha, Hiddayatullah, Jamau, Wakeel Khan, Lal Zarin, Mirwais Torabi, Amanullah Torabi

Cinematography

Marcel Zyskind

Director

Michael Winterbottom

Music

Dario Marianelli

Other

Stuart Wilson, Peter Christelis

Producer

Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland, BBC Films, Revolution Films, Film Consortium, Sundance Channel Pictures

Awards

British Acad. 2003: Foreign Film.