In This World (2003)

What it’s about

Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient 'In This World' follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. Entering Turkey on foot through a snowy, Kurdish-controlled pass, the pair again take their lives into their hands and face suffocation when they are locked in a freight container on a ship bound for Italy. From there they plan to travel on to Paris, the Sangatte refuge centre and ultimately asylum in London.

Cast

• J

  Jamal Udin Torabi

  Jamal

• E

  Enayatullah

  Enayat

• I

  Imran Paracha

  Travel Agent (Pakistan)

• H

  Hiddayatullah

  Enayat's Brother (Pakistan)

• J

  Jamau

  Enayat's Father (Pakistan)

• W

  Wakeel Khan

  Enayat's Uncle 1 (Pakistan)

• L

  Lal Zarin

  Enayat's Uncle 2 (Pakistan)

• A

  Ahsan Raza

  Money Changer (Pakistan)

• M

  Mirwais Torabi

  Jamal's Older Brother (Pakistan)

• A

  Abdul Ahmad

  Groom (Pakistan)

• A

  Amanullah Torabi

  Jamal's Younger Brother (Pakistan)

• R

  Ramzan Ali

  Driver 1 (Pakistan)