15 movies

January 20, 2023

Ambientata nella città portuale di Dover, nel sud-est dell'Inghilterra, Mary Hussain si ritrova improvvisamente vedova dopo la morte inaspettata del marito. Il giorno dopo la sepoltura, scopre che ha un segreto a sole ventuno miglia attraverso la Manica a Calais.

December 22, 2017

Una famiglia della classe media che vive a Calais si preoccupa di una serie di contrattempi mentre presta poca attenzione alle tristi condizioni nei campi profughi a poche miglia dalla loro casa.

La giovane e graziosa sposa dell'ambasciatore inglese a Napoli, Lord Hamilton, conosce il capitano di marina Orazio Nelson, di passaggio in Italia. Quando questi viene nominato ammiraglio, i due diventano amanti e fuggono insieme, dello scandalo. Ma alla fine Nelson non si sottrarrà al richiamo della sua patria e morirà affrontando la flotta napoleonica; mentre il futuro della bella Lady Hamilton, ripudiata dal marito in seguito al suo tradimento, sarà misero.

La signora è stanca del marito e, in vacanza all'estero, incontra un gigolò dai traffici non proprio puliti e se ne innamora; riesce addirittura, tornata in patria, a farlo assumere come segretario del marito. Poi l'amante si stanca di lei e prega il marito di riprendersela...

March 11, 2009

Bilal, giovane curdo, ha lasciato il suo paese alla volta di Calais, dove sogna e spera di imbarcarsi per l'Inghilterra. Dall'altra parte della Manica lo attende un'adolescente che il padre ha promesso in sposa a un ricco cugino. Fallito il tentativo di salire clandestinamente su un traghetto, Bilal è deciso ad attraversare la Manica a nuoto. Recatosi presso una piscina comunale incontra Simon, un istruttore di nuoto di mezza età prossimo alla separazione dalla moglie, amata ancora enormemente e in segreto. Colpito dall'ostinazione e dal sentimento del ragazzo, Simon lo allenerà e lo incoraggerà a non cedere mai ai marosi della vita. A sua volta Bilal aprirà nel cuore infranto di Simon una breccia in cui accoglierlo. Ma il mondo fuori è avverso e inospitale e l'uomo dovrà sfidare le delazioni dei vicini di casa e la legge sull'immigrazione che condanna i cittadini troppo umani e “intraprendenti” col prossimo.

April 30, 1943

A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He must enlist the aid of French farmers to complete his mission.

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

May 22, 2023

On Our Doorstep delves deep into an aspect of the refugee crisis that rarely reached the press. With NGOs being blocked by red tape and the absence of any positive action by French or British authorities, the film is a behind-the-scenes look at the unprecedented grassroots movement that rose to aid the refugees in Calais, and the community that sprang up there, before it was forcefully demolished. This is the story of what happens when young and inexperienced citizens are forced to devise systems and structures to support 10,000 refugees; and are left unguided to face the moral and emotional conflicts, blurred lines and frequent grey areas of giving aid to vulnerable people. People who do not want to be there. It questions whether the aims of the volunteers were met, and whether these aims ultimately served the refugees' needs.

January 1, 2016

Set to the verses of W.H. Auden’s 1939 poem, the film charts an intimate day in ‘the jungle’ of the refugee camp outside Calais, which contradicts the mainstream portrayal of the camp as a center of violence.

The Channel Tunnel linking Britain with France is one of the seven wonders of the modern world but what did it take to build the longest undersea tunnel ever constructed? We hear from the men and women, who built this engineering marvel. Massive tunnel boring machines gnawed their way through rock and chalk, digging not one tunnel but three; two rail tunnels and a service tunnel. This was a project that would be privately financed; not a penny of public money would be spent on the tunnel. Business would have to put up all the money and take all the risks. This was also a project that was blighted by flood, fire, tragic loss of life and financial bust ups. Today, it stands as an engineering triumph and a testament to what can be achieved when two nations, Britain and France put aside their historic differences and work together.

October 1, 2003

A stark portrait of a town in decline. Brilliant juxstaposition between the scoff faced English day trippers searching for cheap booze, and the cold, snivelling asylum seekers existing on the streets. Thrown into the mix are two English ex pats, trying to make money against the odds.

Life for refugees and migrants stuck at Calais: Filmed amidst the camps, the beaches, the sea and the sky, impressions of the lived experiences of these people wavering between despair and hope.

Aya

April 15, 2021

In a town near Calais that looks like the Wild West, big-hearted 50-year-old Lydie shelters Zimako, an unruly, paperless migrant from Togo.

Documentary about the humanitarian crisis of the refugees between 2015 and 2018

February 6, 2017

Rafi, Salman, Said and Ali are all under 18 years old. They come from Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan. After months of wandering, fleeing wars in their country, they found themselves stuck in Calais, where they are trying to survive, waiting for something better. Their dream: to get to England. How? By climbing into containers or slipping onto the axles of trucks, risking their lives. Who cares about these isolated minors in the Calais Jungle, the largest slum in Europe?

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