
17 Nov 2006

Fast Food Nation
A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
Friendship has no borders. True love has no limits.
Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English Channel when you can't swim? The boy soon discovers that his trip won't be as easy as he imagined... The community of struggling illegal aliens in Calais
Simon
Bilal
Marion
Le lieutenant de police
Mîna
Alain
Bruno
Le gradé chez Simon
Koban
Zoran
Mirko
La mère de Mina
Le voisin de Simon
Le juge
La juge aux affaires familiales
Le policier du centre de rétention
Le gradé du centre de rétention
Le chef de la sécurité du supermarché
Le passeur
Le passeur au volant
17 Nov 2006
A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
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