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| In This World | 
 enlarge | Actors: Abdul Ahmad, Chaman Ali, Ramzan Ali, Hossain Baghaeian, Allah Bauhsh
Studio: Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 15104
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Persian (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 88
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
MPN: SC0215D
UPC: 829567021521
EAN: 0829567021521
ASIN: B00080ZH1Y
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: April 1, 2005
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Product Description
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.System Requirements:Running Time: 88 minutes Language: English Persian Subtitles: EnglishFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CULTURE CLASH Rating: R UPC: 829567021521 Manufacturer No: SC0215D
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Michael Winterbottom's amazing In This World is a docudrama that reportedly re-creates the harrowing journey of two young Afghan males smuggled, one step at a time, from a long-established refugee camp in Pakistan across central Asia to their London destination. Shot with remarkable fluidity and narrative thoroughness in what appears many times to be dangerous situations with border guards and untrustworthy handlers (in Iran, Istanbul, Turkey, and France), In This World is anchored by non-actors Jamal Udin Torabi and Enayatullah, playing characters of the same names. The rapid pace and frequent fade-outs in this 88-minute film paradoxically force one's imagination to underscore the agonizing slowness and anxiety of the young men's trip, a technique that becomes nightmarish when Jamal and Enayat are locked for days, with other refugees, inside a ship's container. Winterbottom (24-Hour Party People) and his characteristically protean style maintain remarkable inventiveness throughout. --Tom Keogh
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Decent film that needed to be made July 3, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Be warned; don't watch this film with a strong moral view regarding immigration legal or otherwise this is simply the story of what many go through in order to reach the west.
We hear every day (in Europe at least) of illegal immigrants 'flooding the country' but we know almost nothing about them. This film goes some way to answer that question. Many are simply economic migrants rather than fleeing persecution in their homeland and many are arriving on our shores for no other reason that financial.
We see in the film how they bribe their way across Pakistan to Iran, how they change their clothes to 'blend in' with the locals, taken from there to South East Turkey (the smugglers heartland of that country) where they stay with Kurdish smugglers, passed on to sweat shops in the big cities they work until being shipped off to Europe.
The actors are genuine not least because they are migrants from their homeland its an interesting insight into the people we see everyday. From those begging or street vending in the big cities to working in the back of restaurants or on building sites.
Recommended film.
 Okay. April 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I feel that the words "gripping documentary film" is inacurate for two reasons. I would not quite call it a documentary, as it is all reinactment, and, secondly, I think "gripping" is a stretch. I always welcome a chance to be reminded of the realities of life for those in less priveledged societies, but I felt that was really the most that this movie offered.
 Unusual combination September 29, 2005
Terrific film, realistic and informative, and dramatic without being overly dramatic. Shot like a documentary, and usually with the slower pace of a documentary, too. It shows you how difficult the journey really is, it shows you a little of what the cultures are like, compared with each other, it shows you what the land looks like. It's also a great variation on the road picture.
I am glad I finally saw it... August 21, 2005
I watched this movie with a lump in my throat. While I can understand how to some people, this film may have lacked some background information, to me, it was just perfect. The subject is not uncommon, the characters only wanted a better life, and as someone mentioned, they did not care about politics and money, as most people don't, contrary to popular believes. The movie concentrated on the journey and nothing else. I loved every minute of the movie no matter how uncomfortable it was. I was touched by the humanity of the people and I am grateful that the director didn't squeeze any emotionally charged moment, because simply put, I would have bawled. I am not sure I care about the presentation of the movie as much as I care about the point it drove home and this was far more superior to anything else.
Powerful and moving August 17, 2005
This movie is powerful and shot in such a way that it feels real. This movie gives us the perspective of two Afghan refugees who want to get from Pakistan to London, and reveals the danger and risk of such a long journey. I highly recommend this movie as it gives us a small peek into the hazardous journey that many many refugees try to make every year.
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