In This World Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama
  Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
75
R
Year:
2002
88 min
143 Views


sh*t, you know what I mean?

We don't, we don't

need it anymore.

This, l'm gonna throw away,

and then we can go.

Abdullah?

Abdullah?

You put it in your bag, okay?

You put it in your bag.

Okay, it's about

ten thousand Rials per day, okay?

How much?

Ten thousand Rials.

You have to pay by yourself, okay?

You take care now.

Bye, bye, take care.

I don't trust him.

He's a fraud.

Why do we have to pay for the room?

We've already paid.

I don't know...

- One.

- One.

- Two.

- Two.

- Three.

- Three.

- Four.

- Four.

- Five.

- Five.

- Six.

- Six.

- Seven.

- Seven.

- Eight.

- Eight.

- Nine.

- Nine.

- Ten.

- Ten.

Right, Jamal, listen,

try not to talk...

with everybody on the bus, okay?

If they ask you...

what you do in Tehran,

you can say...

Can you repeat that

after me, okay?

What is he saying?

Don't be far from

me, Jamal.

Here they are.

Hey, he's my friend, okay?

He's gonna care about you.

And that's the telephone

of my colleague in Tehran. Okay?

You call him,

he's gonna take you.

Very comfortable seats.

Don't speak Pashtu, speak Farsi.

Where are you from?

Where are you from?

- Are you from Afghanistan?

- No.

- Afghans? Can I see your IDs?

- We're not Afghans.

You're not Afghans?

We're working in construction

in Tehran.

In Tehran? I think you're Afghans.

If not, you should have IDs.

- Do you have any IDs?

- No...

- Are you Iranians?

- Yes.

- Any ID?

- No.

- You?

- No.

- I think you're Afghans.

- No...

How do know that

you're not Afghans?

Come with me.

- Where did they get on the bus?

- In Zahedan.

- I think they're Afghans.

- No, we're not Afghans.

Are these your things?

No.

- What are these?

- Just cassettes.

Okay, we're off. Bye!

Hello!

What are you doing here?!

That money you paid

has been used up for the last trip.

Give me more money

and I'll take you again.

- How much more do you want?

- 3,000 Rupees.

- For two?

- No, for each of you.

- Do you take dollars?

- Dollars?

You don't have any dollars!

- Which dollars?

- They took all our money.

- Where did you get that?

- He hid those!

'Send me to America.'

'No, I'll send you to London

and then to America.'

'Okay, I'll send you to both.'

Enayat, let's have an ice-cream.

Why did you get such a big ice-cream?

You should have taken a smaller one.

He just gave me a big one.

You should have asked

for a smaller one.

Hello.

I'm Jamal.

We're in Tehran now.

Say something, l'm bored.

Why are you sitting there silent?

- What's the matter?

- It's nothing.

Nothing.

Come on!

Hurry up!

Quickly! Run!

I'm not getting in.

I'm not going up there!

Leave me alone!

I'm not going up there!

How many hours will it take?

How, how long will it take?

Yes, your food is here, too.

Leave it here, don't drink it now.

We have a long journey ahead of us.

- But I'm thirsty!

- Wait, we have a long way to go.

What are you saying?

What are you saying?

I don't understand you.

What?

Do you understand my song?

What are you talking about?

Where are we going?

Welcome!

Thank you!

Hello.

I feel sorry for him.

God bless you.

They have come from afar.

It's Okay, we can help them.

Can you speak English?

English?

I used your money

to buy you some shoes.

He bought us some shoes!

I needed new shoes, the other

were totally worn out. Thank you!

You're a good boy.

Give me your hand.

One day Mullah Nasrudin

was walking down the street.

He saw an Englishman

who had fallen down.

Poor Mullah went to help him and

the Englishman said, 'Thank you.'

Mullah got angry and said, 'Are you

going to send a 'tank you' after me?!'

And then he pushed him back down.

'You're going to send

a tank after me?!'

Then he just turned around

and walked off.

Laugh!

OK, that was a good story...

Bye.

Take care.

Which way are we going?

That way.

Over there?

Yes, that's right.

I hope we get there soon.

Yes, may God be with us.

What's that?

What's that?

How do you do?

There's a patrol down there.

Be careful.

Stop!

Stay down.

Let's go back.

Where are you going?

Wait!

'Let's go, my friend.

Let's go to Turkey.'

Turkey... I'll go

to Turkey...

I'll go to Turkey...

This is delicious!

I can almost taste it!

Very delicious.

How do you do?

Hello.

- What's your name, brother?

- Yakoub.

Mehti...

Well done!

He's a beautiful kid!

Very strong.

Where are you going?

- Denmark. Denmark.

- Denmark?

I going to London.

How are you?

You bought the family!

Hi, how are you?

My friend, how are you?

I play with you again.

- What is your name?

- My name is Erham.

I hope he doesn't cheat us.

I'm tired.

With the truck and big truck.

Look at... look at my

finger.

You are good.

Really you are good.

Your rooms is here.

Okay.

This room is for a week,

thirty million, each. Okay?

Bring the new guys to

the workshop tomorrow.

- How much are these?

- They are 750 million.

Well done...

Mehti, my prince.

My Mehti...

Two kebab.

This one. I want this.

I am going to pay.

You are sit...

I am going to pay.

You are, eating, pay.

How are you, kid?

See you later.

- Are there some new men here?

- Yes, they arrived this week.

- What's your name?

- Ethem.

Ekrem?

Ethem.

Where are you from?

- Harer.

- Harer.

Where are they from?

They don't have

documents or anything.

- What do we do now?

- We can let them work.

I have to take them with me.

Where?

We're going to London...

- Is this it?

- Yes, get up.

Can you move up?

- What's your name?

- Nasrullah.

I think we're nearly there.

Mehti!

Where are you from?

Iran.

Open the door!

Stop!

Jamal, I feel bad.

So do I.

I feel bad in here!

It's making Mehti ill, as well.

Stop!

Let me out!

Enayat, speak to me!

Let me out!

Speak to me!

Enayat!

What has happened to you?

- Two for a euro.

- Take this.

Two for a euro.

- Two for a euro.

- No, thanks.

Two for a euro.

Still or sparkling?

One ticket for Paris.

- Today?

- Today.

Slowly, slowly.

Relax.

I gave him already.

How many you want?

How many do you want?

This is Turkish.

It's no good.

- Euro. Turkish no good.

- No good. No good.

You want a cigarette?

You smoke cigarettes?

No, no.

- Come sit.

- Why?

- I want to talk to you.

- Why?

- How old are you?

- Me?

- Yes. How old are you?

- I am 16.

- You're 16?

- Yeah.

- You're by yourself?

- Me?

Yeah.

You know my name?

It's Yusif.

Your name?

Yusif?

Jamal, Jamal,

Jamal.

Look at the boat.

Forget the boats.

Play football.

Come on.

No goal!

No goal!

Goal!

Once, a greedy man

found a watch.

You see, he saw that it

was not moving.

He saw in... in that watch,

there was a... a mosquito.

He said, 'Oh, his

driver is dead.'

He took that out, a live,

a live mosquito and said:

'Ay, to work now, the

driver is...'

It's a very silly joke.

A box of Benson & Hedges, please.

You must be punished!

Okay, get ready.

You know, I used to

work in London.

Oh. What is this?

This is from the restaurant.

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Tony Grisoni

Tony Grisoni (born 28 October 1952) is a British screenwriter. He lives in London. His first feature film, Queen of Hearts, directed by Jon Amiel, won the Grand Prix at the 1990 Festival du Film de Paris. more…

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