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[Machine Translation] Nominated for 10 Cesar Awards and won 2 awards at the Berlin International Film Festival! A story of human love directed by Philippe Riollet. Swimming across the Straits of Dover. He swims across the Straits of Dover to meet his girlfriend in England and to become a Manchester United player. Bilal's seemingly reckless dream of becoming a refugee boy soon shakes his swimming coach, Simon. The bond that develops between the two, transcending race and age, is a moving story that will touch your heart. The film was a huge hit in France, attracting 1 million viewers, and became a social phenomenon when a huge controversy broke out involving the minister in charge of immigration. -17-year-old Kurdish refugee Bilal arrives on foot from Iraq in Calais, the northernmost port town in France. After an unsuccessful attempt to smuggle himself across to the other side of the Strait, he is left with no other option but to swim across the Strait of Dover. He has only one goal: to reach his girlfriend Mina, who is from the same country and has emigrated to England. Simon, on the other hand, is a Frenchman who used to be a famous swimmer but is now a coach and separated from his wife. They meet at a public swimming pool. In a place where it is illegal to help illegal immigrants, the two men continue to teach each other despite the danger of law enforcement, and eventually a feeling of father-son love develops between them...

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セザール賞10部門ノミネート&ベルリン国際映画祭2部門受賞! フィリップ・リオレ監督が贈る人間愛の物語。「ドーバー海峡を泳いで渡る。イギリスに暮らす恋人に会うために、マンチェスター・ユナイテッドの選手になるために。」無謀にみえた難民少年ビラルの夢は、いつしか水泳コーチのシモンを揺さぶる。人種や年齢を超えて2人の間に芽生えた絆が胸に迫る感動の物語。フランスで100万人動員の大ヒットを記録し、移民担当大臣を巻き込んだ大論争が勃発し社会現象となった。――17歳のクルド難民ビラルは、イラクから徒歩でフランス最北端の港町カレにたどり着く。対岸への密航を試みるも失敗、彼にはドーバー海峡を泳いで渡る手段しか残されていなかった。その目的はただひとつ、同郷の出身でイギリスに移住した恋人ミナのもとに向かうこと。一方、フランス人のシモンは、かつては水泳選手として名を馳せたもの今ではコーチの職に甘んじ、妻とは別居中の身。そんなふたりが市民プールで出会う。不法入国者に手を貸す行為が違法とされるこの地で、取り締まりの危険にさらされながらも指導は続き、やがて2人の間には父子愛にも似た感情が生まれていく・・・。

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