Clandestins (1997)
A dark and claustrophobic film, this brutal, tragic, gut-wrenching drama is set almost totally within the confines of a ship's cargo container that is only 25 square meters in size. It is the grim story of six ill-fated refugees trying to get to Canada from a port in France. The police are in hot pursuit when the septet of strangers are stowed away in the huge metal box. The refugees -- two men, two women and two children -- are of various backgrounds including Gypsy, Russian and Arab. The first of many problems occurs when a mother and daughter arrive with no food (they lost it during a chase). The one Russian refugee, Roman, declares that they should not be allowed to board the ship, but the other three refugees allow them in. Their ordeal begins when the ship breaks down in Liverpool.
Directors: Denis Chouinard, Nicolas Wadimoff.
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Ovidiu Balan as |
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Anton Kouznetsov as |
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Moussa Maaskri as |
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Simona Măicănescu as |
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Hanane Rahman as |
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Christelle Sabas as |
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Mauro Bellucci as |
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Mirosław Baka as |
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François Papineau as |
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Walter Verhoeven as |
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Patrick Verschueren as |
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Jean-Luc Orofino as |
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Frank Vermeeren as |
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Harry Koesharto as |
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Rudys Pansaitan as |
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Sacha Zanko as |
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Johnny Sabas as |
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Dario Puglia as |
| Directing | Denis Chouinard | Director |
| Directing | Nicolas Wadimoff | Director |
| Writing | Nicolas Wadimoff | Writer |
| Writing | Denis Chouinard | Writer |
| Sound | Bill Laswell | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Sylvain Brault | Director of Photography |