Film

Clandestins

1997 · 1h 38m · Drama

IMDb

7.1

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.

Ovidiu Balan

Anton Kouznetsov

Moussa Maaskri

Simona Măicănescu

Hanane Rahman

Christelle Sabas

Mauro Bellucci

Mirosław Baka

François Papineau

Walter Verhoeven

Patrick Verschueren

Jean-Luc Orofino

Frank Vermeeren

Harry Koesharto

Rudys Pansaitan

Sacha Zanko

• Nicolas WadimoffDirector · Writer
• Denis ChouinardDirector · Writer
• Sylvain BraultDirector of Photography
• Bill LaswellOriginal Music Composer

Release date

September 5, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama