This is a film by an Italian director though the main language is French. Not French as you learned it at school, but French as she is spoken in large parts of Africa. It actually took me a while to realise that it was French that they were speaking and not a tribal language. Seydou is a 16-year-old Senegalese, living with his widowed mother and numerous kid sisters in what seems to be a happy life. He is still in school. But he and his cousin Moussa are determined to head for a better life in Europe and do odd jobs after school to save up. The first trafficker they approach won't taken them, telling them 'Europe is not what you think it is. It's not how it looks on TV', but they won't be put off and are soon on their way by bus to Mali, where they pick up fake passports, then into Niger, where they have to bribe the border guards, then on the dangerous trek across the Sahara, some of it by car but much on foot; it's littered with the bodies of the fallen. I found it very gripping but it's harrowing in parts. That said, it's also oddly sanitised as some people are unexpectedly kind and helpful. It ends slightly frustratingly, in that I was muttering 'Okay, but what happens next'?! Well worth seeing, though, and on at Act One.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Film Reviews 2024	01/01/24 14:49:00	Susan Kelly
Priscilla	01/01/24 14:52:00	Susan Kelly
Poor Things	14/01/24 16:33:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Poor Things	16/01/24 09:30:00	Adam Kimmel
One Life.	18/01/24 11:22:00	Keith Iddon
Re:One Life.	24/01/24 14:25:00	Susan Kelly
The End We Start From	20/01/24 13:59:00	Susan Kelly
The Holdovers	21/01/24 17:07:00	Susan Kelly
Re:The Holdovers	03/02/24 16:58:00	Joe Conneely
Accidentally Wes Anderson	25/01/24 12:28:00	Susan Kelly
All of us Strangers	28/01/24 16:06:00	Susan Kelly
"The Zone of Interest"	03/02/24 18:36:00	Joe Conneely
Re:"The Zone of Interest"	05/02/24 16:15:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Re:"The Zone of Interest"	27/02/24 19:01:00	Alastair Banton
Re:All of us Strangers	27/03/24 22:47:00	Sara Nathan
American Fiction	06/02/24 15:29:00	Susan Kelly
Re:American Fiction	06/02/24 17:07:00	Joe Conneely
Re:Re:American Fiction	11/02/24 23:05:00	Norman Redfern
Re:Re:Re:American Fiction	27/02/24 18:38:00	Alastair Banton
The Taste of Things	18/02/24 16:19:00	Susan Kelly
Re:The Taste of Things	18/02/24 18:44:00	Joe Conneely
Re:Re:The Taste of Things	19/02/24 08:36:00	Susan Kelly
The Promised Land	20/02/24 18:00:00	Susan Kelly
Wicked Little Letters	23/02/24 23:18:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Wicked Little Letters	27/02/24 17:07:00	Susan Kelly
Perfect Days	25/02/24 15:25:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Perfect Days	25/02/24 17:31:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Re:Perfect Days	27/02/24 18:33:00	Alastair Banton
Re:Re:Re:Perfect Days	27/03/24 22:42:00	Sara Nathan
Drive-Away Dolls	16/03/24 15:54:00	Susan Kelly
Monster	19/03/24 17:09:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Monster	27/03/24 22:44:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Re:Monster	28/03/24 09:52:00	Susan Kelly
My Old Ass	19/11/24 19:55:00	Susan Kelly
Baltimore	27/03/24 19:17:00	Susan Kelly
The Beautiful Game	27/03/24 22:37:00	Sara Nathan
The Origin of Evil	30/03/24 09:02:00	Norman Redfern
Re:The Origin of Evil	31/03/24 14:49:00	Susan Kelly
Mothers' Instinct	30/03/24 16:33:00	Susan Kelly
The Trouble With Jessica	07/04/24 13:01:00	Susan Kelly
Io Capitano	09/04/24 16:25:00	Susan Kelly
Evil Does Not Exist	11/04/24 14:38:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Evil Does Not Exist	11/04/24 15:26:00	Chris Hurley
The Teacher's Lounge	13/04/24 16:45:00	Susan Kelly
Civil War	17/04/24 19:54:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Civil War	08/05/24 17:33:00	Alastair Banton
Back to Black	20/04/24 22:48:00	Sara Nathan
Sometimes I Think About Dying	21/04/24 14:32:00	Susan Kelly
In the Land of Saints & Sinners	27/04/24 21:11:00	Susan Kelly
Re:In the Land of Saints & Sinners	01/05/24 23:37:00	Joe Conneely
Challengers	28/04/24 14:19:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Challengers	01/05/24 22:20:00	Sara Nathan
Kidnapped (Italian mostly, some Hebrew & Latin. Subtitled)	29/04/24 13:41:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Kidnapped (Italian mostly, some Hebrew & Latin. Subtitled)	30/04/24 19:01:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Re:Kidnapped (Italian mostly, some Hebrew & Latin. Subtitled)	01/05/24 23:42:00	Joe Conneely
The Idea of You	29/04/24 23:24:00	Sara Nathan
"There's still tomorrow" (C'e ancora domani"	01/05/24 23:27:00	Joe Conneely
Re:"There's still tomorrow" (C'e ancora domani"	04/05/24 14:56:00	Susan Kelly
Re:The Idea of You	02/05/24 17:37:00	Susan Kelly
The Fall Guy	06/05/24 21:55:00	Sara Nathan
Re:The Fall Guy	07/05/24 15:37:00	Susan Kelly
"Love Lies Bleeding"	08/05/24 19:14:00	Joe Conneely
Re:"Love Lies Bleeding"	18/05/24 15:37:00	Susan Kelly
La Chimera	14/05/24 15:10:00	Susan Kelly
Re:La Chimera (mostly Italian with subtitles)	15/05/24 23:30:00	Sara Nathan
"Catching Fire : The Story of Anita Pallenberg"	19/05/24 13:37:00	Joe Conneely
Young Woman and the sea	03/06/24 23:33:00	Sara Nathan
Hit Man	10/06/24 13:55:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Hit Man	14/06/24 10:14:00	Susan Kelly
Kinds of Kindness	25/06/24 01:07:00	Sara Nathan
The Nature of Love	09/07/24 17:27:00	Susan Kelly
Sleep	14/07/24 18:54:00	Susan Kelly
Crossing	20/07/24 17:19:00	Susan Kelly
Thelma	23/07/24 16:44:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Thelma	21/12/24 18:54:00	Sara Nathan
It End With Us	10/08/24 14:51:00	Susan Kelly
Sky Peals	15/08/24 16:35:00	Susan Kelly
Only the River Flows	21/08/24 17:19:00	Susan Kelly
Blink Twice	25/08/24 14:45:00	Susan Kelly
National Cinema Day	26/08/24 07:47:00	Susan Kelly
Kneecap	27/08/24 19:54:00	Susan Kelly
Sing Sing	31/08/24 16:12:00	Susan Kelly
Firebrand	07/09/24 18:42:00	Susan Kelly
My Favourite Cake	15/09/24 14:05:00	Susan Kelly
Re:My Favourite Cake	07/10/24 19:52:00	Susan Kelly
The Critic	17/09/24 20:10:00	Susan Kelly
Re:The Critic	23/09/24 00:50:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Re:The Critic	23/09/24 08:36:00	Susan Kelly
The Outrun	21/09/24 15:50:00	Sara Nathan
Frida (Mostly Spanish with subtitles)	24/09/24 16:52:00	Sara Nathan
The Teacher (Arabic/English/Hebrew)	24/09/24 22:41:00	Sara Nathan
The Goldman Case	25/09/24 10:43:00	Norman Redfern
Re:The Goldman Case	01/10/24 19:57:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Re:The Goldman Case	05/10/24 14:48:00	Sara Nathan
Lee	26/09/24 00:48:00	Sara Nathan
In Camera	02/10/24 16:34:00	Susan Kelly
A Different Man	10/10/24 17:11:00	Susan Kelly
My Favourite Cake (Farsi with subtitles)	13/10/24 23:33:00	Sara Nathan
Blitz	13/10/24 23:40:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Blitz	17/11/24 15:01:00	Susan Kelly
Sing Sing	13/10/24 23:46:00	Sara Nathan
The Apprentice	20/10/24 14:38:00	Susan Kelly
The Crime is Mine (Mon Crime)	22/10/24 17:27:00	Susan Kelly
Firebrand	25/10/24 22:02:00	Sara Nathan
The Room Next Door	30/10/24 20:20:00	Susan Kelly
Re:The Room Next Door	16/11/24 16:03:00	Sara Nathan
Conclave	02/11/24 22:44:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Conclave	24/11/24 17:19:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Re:Conclave	02/12/24 16:26:00	Chris Hurley
Re:Re:Re:Conclave	15/12/24 21:10:00	Joe Conneely
Small Things Like These	02/11/24 22:54:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Small Things Like These	06/11/24 16:25:00	Susan Kelly
Juror #2	03/11/24 14:44:00	Susan Kelly
I’m Still Here (Portuguese with sub-titles)	04/11/24 17:22:00	Sara Nathan
Joy	04/11/24 22:48:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Joy	27/11/24 20:03:00	Susan Kelly
Anora	05/11/24 16:47:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Anora	14/11/24 23:50:00	Sara Nathan
Between two temples	06/11/24 21:00:00	Sara Nathan
Julie Keeps Quiet (Assorted European languages/subtitles)	09/11/24 00:05:00	Sara Nathan
Bird	09/11/24 18:54:00	Sara Nathan
Daughters	09/11/24 19:01:00	Sara Nathan
His Three Daughters	09/11/24 23:25:00	Sara Nathan
The Widow Cliquot	10/11/24 11:21:00	Sara Nathan
The Brutalist (Mostly English but some sub-titled Hungarian/Italian)	10/11/24 23:08:00	Sara Nathan
Re:The Brutalist (Mostly English but some sub-titled Hungarian/Italian)	10/11/24 23:09:00	Sara Nathan
The Trouble with Jessica	11/11/24 08:49:00	Sara Nathan
The Piano Lesson	11/11/24 22:48:00	Sara Nathan
Paddington in Peru	13/11/24 14:54:00	Susan Kelly
Reawakening	16/11/24 08:20:00	Sara Nathan
Wicked	20/11/24 19:42:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Wicked	21/11/24 09:00:00	Joe Conneely
Moana 2	01/12/24 20:49:00	Sara Nathan
On becoming a Guinea Fowl (subtitled)	02/12/24 19:46:00	Sara Nathan
Re:On becoming a Guinea Fowl (subtitled)	14/12/24 16:16:00	Susan Kelly
In restless dreams: the music of Paul Simon	02/12/24 19:54:00	Sara Nathan
Lost Ladies (Hindi with subtitles)	03/12/24 22:41:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Lost Ladies (Hindi with subtitles)	04/12/24 21:21:00	Susan Kelly
Emilia Perez (Spanish with subtitles)	08/12/24 00:04:00	Sara Nathan
There’s still tomorrow (Italian with subtitles)	08/12/24 00:08:00	Sara Nathan
Black Dog (Mandarin - probably - with sub-titles)	08/12/24 15:41:00	Sara Nathan
The Last Showgirl	08/12/24 22:25:00	Sara Nathan
A Real Pain	10/12/24 23:08:00	Sara Nathan
The Nightbitch	11/12/24 21:06:00	Sara Nathan
All we imagine as light (Hindi ++ and subtitles)	11/12/24 22:55:00	Sara Nathan
Re:All we imagine as light (Hindi ++ and subtitles)	17/12/24 17:48:00	Susan Kelly
The Three Triple Eight	13/12/24 10:22:00	Sara Nathan
Maria	14/12/24 19:27:00	Sara Nathan
Kneecap (mostly Irish with subtitles)	15/12/24 20:42:00	Sara Nathan
Queer	15/12/24 20:49:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Queer	16/12/24 17:51:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Re:Queer	17/12/24 09:57:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Re:Re:Queer	17/12/24 12:32:00	Susan Kelly
Swede Caroline	17/12/24 10:34:00	Sara Nathan
Re:Swede Caroline	17/12/24 12:33:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Re:Swede Caroline	23/12/24 22:50:00	Sara Nathan
We live in time	17/12/24 21:20:00	Sara Nathan
How to make millions before grandma dies (Thai with subtitles)	17/12/24 23:40:00	Sara Nathan
Re:How to make millions before grandma dies (Thai with subtitles)	18/12/24 15:39:00	Joe Conneely
Re:Re:How to make millions before grandma dies (Thai with subtitles)	18/12/24 19:36:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Re:Re:How to make millions before grandma dies (Thai with subtitles)	20/12/24 11:07:00	Sara Nathan
A Complete Unknown	19/12/24 00:00:00	Sara Nathan
My Old Ass	20/12/24 11:12:00	Sara Nathan
Re:The Bibi Files	22/12/24 23:17:00	Joe Conneely
Paddington in Peru	23/12/24 20:01:00	Sara Nathan
The girl with the needle (Danish with subtitles)	23/12/24 20:40:00	Sara Nathan

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