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.
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Jamal Udin Torabi
Jamal
Enayatullah
Enayat
Imran Paracha
Travel Agent (Pakistan)
Hiddayatullah
Enayat's Brother (Pakistan)
Jamau
Enayat's Father (Pakistan)
Wakeel Khan
Enayat's Uncle 1 (Pakistan)
Lal Zarin
Enayat's Uncle 2 (Pakistan)
Ahsan Raza
Money Changer (Pakistan)
Mirwais Torabi
Jamal's Older Brother (Pakistan)
Abdul Ahmad
Groom (Pakistan)
Amanullah Torabi
Jamal's Younger Brother (Pakistan)
Ramzan Ali
Driver 1 (Pakistan)
Chaman Ali
Driver 2 (Pakistan)
Rasheed
Soldier Shaheen (Pakistan)
Allah Bauhsh
Farid (Pakistan)
