Clandestins

1997 · 98 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 134 VOTES · DIR. Denis Chouinard, Nicolas Wadimoff

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 470 lines

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00:03:07 Got the money?
00:07:54 that's your problem. Don't count on me.
00:15:46 Thanks, princess.
00:17:35 Chryslers, Cadillacs,
00:20:01 and he was supposed to come with us.
00:22:31 He tricked us all. All of us!
00:24:38 maybe a Peugeot 504.
00:27:32 How would you feel if I kept calling you "Arab?"
00:30:44 even if I have to get it out of your stomach.
00:33:27 It's always the same.
00:34:48 and wait for death to take you.
00:36:00 How can you be so naive, Walid?
00:41:12 There's a phone on the boat.
00:42:56 and even they can't find work.
00:44:36 To save your skin, your own skin. You're selfish,
00:48:28 50.
00:51:47 Hungry.
00:58:31 "Hello. It's me, the murderer. Can I come live here?"
01:01:35 I can feel it in my gut,
01:06:31 Come back.
01:12:49 Shh!
01:16:57 It hurts.
01:25:51 "and soon, I'll buy a car.
01:38:20 Subtitles: Eclair Media

Cast & Characters

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
Johnny Sabas
Dario Puglia

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed470
Dialogue density4.8 lines / min
First line00:03:07
Final line01:38:20

Production Record

DirectorDenis Chouinard, Nicolas Wadimoff
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes134

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