nice guy". The production team lied to authorities in several countries in order to secure filming rights, having met government resistance in Iran and Pakistan. Most of the film was shot on location, but the scenes inside the Sangatte camp were actually filmed in England, as the film crew received hostility from the French inhabitants of the nearby village. Distribution The film was released in the UK in March 2003 by the BBC after festival screenings in 2002. It was released in the United States in a limited number of cities in September 2003 by Lions Gate as part of the short-lived Sundance Film Series partnership experiment with Loews Cineplex Entertainment. The film did not make much money, but was highly regarded by the critics that were able to see it. The film holds an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. Aftermath In a case of life imitating art, after returning to Pakistan, Jamal Udin Torabi made the journey to London in reality and applied for asylum. He lived with a family in South East London, although he was only granted leave to remain in the UK until his eighteenth birthday. Enayatullah used the money he earned on the film to buy a truck, and now runs an import-export business between Kabul and Peshawar. References External links In This World at BBC Films 2002 films 2002 documentary films 2002 drama films Pashto-language films Persian-language films BAFTA winners (films) BBC Film films Best Foreign Language Film BAFTA Award winners British drama films British docudrama films Documentary films about refugees Films scored by Dario Marianelli Films about illegal immigration to Europe Afghan diaspora in Europe Films directed by Michael Winterbottom Films set in France Films set in Iran Films set in Italy Films set in London Films set in Pakistan Films set in Turkey Films shot in England Golden Bear winners 2000s British films