In This World ( The Silk Road )

In This World (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: The Silk Road
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
British Independent Film Awards
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Farsi ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
88 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Michael Winterbottom

Written By:
Michael Winterbottom
Tony Grisoni

Actors:
Jamal Udin Torabi ..... Jamal
Enayatullah ..... Enayat
Imran Paracha ..... Travel Agent (Pakistan)
Hiddayatullah ..... Enayat's Brother (Pakistan)
Jamau ..... Enayat's Father (Pakistan)
Wakeel Khan ..... Enayat's Uncle 1 (Pakistan)
Lal Zarin ..... Enayat's Uncle 2 (Pakistan)
Ahsan Raza ..... Money Changer (Pakistan)
Mirwais Torabi ..... Jamal's Older Brother (Pakistan)
Abdul Ahmad ..... Groom (Pakistan)
Amanullah Torabi ..... Jamal's Younger Brother (Pakistan)
Ramzan Ali ..... Driver 1 (Pakistan)
Chaman Ali ..... Driver 2 (Pakistan)
Rasheed ..... Soldier Shaheen (Pakistan)
Allah Bauhsh ..... Farid (Pakistan)

Synopsis:

Michael Winterbottom's film about two young Afghan refugees trying to reach London begins on the Pakistani border and unfolds on the blurry frontier between documentary and fiction. Shot in digital video with non-professional actors, it has a harsh immediacy that forces you to confront the terrible plight of the world's displaced people one face at a time. But this story of peril, frustration and heartbreak also has moments of great warmth and vitality. Jamal (Jamal Udin Torabi), the younger of the two travelers, has a tough, impish joie de vivre, and as he and his cousin make their way west, they encounter decency as well as indifference. This movie has the paradoxical effect of forcing you to confront the enormity of the world's cruelty and the overwhelming scale of its suffering, and at the same time making you feel glad to be in it.

Enayat and Jamal are Afghan refugees who live in a camp in Peshawar and try to escape to Great Britain by the help of people smugglers. Their dangerous journey leads them along the 'silk road' through Pakistan, Iran and Turkey towards London.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 07 May, 2006.

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