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Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

  • Starring: Enayatullah, Imran Paracha, Jamal Udin Torabi
  • Summary: This film follows the hazardous journey of two Afghan boys as they travel from Pakistan through Iran, Turkey, Italy, France and the UK in search of refuge in London. (Sundance Film Series)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Reviewed by: Allison Benedikt
    100
    This is an amazing movie, released at a frightening time and made under remarkable circumstances.
  2. 80
    The movie's staccato pacing, lent emphasis by Dario Marianelli's haunting score, evokes the cycles of tedium and terror that make the journey so unnerving.
  3. Reviewed by: Rich Cline
    80
    The film has a riveting central narrative, the performances are compelling and, most of all, we need to hear more immigration stories like this.
  4. Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    60
    Makes engrossing viewing for much of the way...but stumbles dramatically in its final leg.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

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