WELCOME
Director: Philippe Lioret
Cast: Vincent LINDON, Firat AYVERDI et Audrey DANA
Country: France
Year: 2009
Running time: 110 min.
Original language: French, Kurdish, English
Synopsis
Simon works as an instructor and lifeguard at the Calais swimming pool. To impress his wife and win her back, he decides to take a big risk, when he secretly helps out a young Kurdish refugee who wants to swim across the English channel.
Philippe Lioret - Director.
WELCOME
«When a love story bumps into geography, human law and the absurd world order. The Amsterdam Treaty aimed at establishing an “area of freedom, security and justice” for Europeans. The selection of Welcome by the LUX Prize is an encouraging sign. We see this as a sign of support for the values which the film defends – commitment, solidarity and open-mindedness –against all attempts to go backwards.»