Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+7)
Critics 82Audiences 75GoodWatch 77
Tomatometer89%
Metascore75
Audience score87%
IMDb7.3
User score6.5
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −21 min on the typical 109
typical 10988Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2003
March 28, 2003
23 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
PersianTurkishGermanMade in
United Kingdom
BAFTA Awards2004
- Best Film Not In The English Language2004Won
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
30 people
- JUJamal Udin TorabiJamal
- EEnayatullahEnayat
- IPImran ParachaTravel Agent (Pakistan)
- HHiddayatullahEnayat's Brother (Pakistan)
- JJamauEnayat's Father (Pakistan)
- WKWakeel KhanEnayat's Uncle 1 (Pakistan)
- LZLal ZarinEnayat's Uncle 2 (Pakistan)
- ARAhsan RazaMoney Changer (Pakistan)
- MTMirwais TorabiJamal's Older Brother (Pakistan)
- AAAbdul AhmadGroom (Pakistan)
- ATAmanullah TorabiJamal's Younger Brother (Pakistan)
- RARamzan AliDriver 1 (Pakistan)
- CAChaman AliDriver 2 (Pakistan)
- RRasheedSoldier Shaheen (Pakistan)
- ABAllah BauhshFarid (Pakistan)
- HBHossain BaghaeianBehrooz (Iran)
- YNYaaghoob Nosraj PoorKurdish Father (Iran)
- GPGhodrat PoorKurdish Mother (Iran)
- MPMehdi PoorKurdish Baby (Iran)
- AAAhmad AzamiKurdish Father (Iran)
- YAYusef AzamiKurdish Son (Iran)
- MEMr. EghdameBus Driver 1 (Iran)
- MDMr. DehghameBus Driver 2 (Iran)
- MYMr. YusufBus Driver 3 (Iran)
Directing · 1
- Michael Winterbottom Director
Writing · 1
- Tony Grisoni Writer
Production · 6
- David M. Thompson Executive Producer
- Chris Auty Executive Producer
- Andrew Eaton Producer
- Anita Overland Producer
- Behrooz Hashemian Producer
- Wendy Brazington Casting
Camera · 1
- Marcel Zyskind Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Peter Christelis Editor
Sound · 2
- Dario Marianelli Original Music Composer
- Tim Alban Sound
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