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Illégal

2010

Olivier Masset-Depasse

Anne Coesens, Alexandre Golntcharov, Frédéric Frenay, Esse Lawson, Olivier Schneider

6.8

144

Drama Tania, a young Russian woman who lives illegally in Belgium with her 13-year-old son Ivan. Constantly on her guard, she dreads police checks until the day she is arrested. Mother and son are separated and Tania is placed in a detention center. She will do anything to be reunited with her son but won't manage to avoid threats of deportation.

	Author	Review
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"A sad movie that makes you feel bad, partly because it gives so little room to thought"	NEG
United States	V.A. Musetto New York Post	"Illegal" will give people on both sides of the immigrant debate something to think about (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS

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