ILLEGAL
synopsis
The story of 39-year-old Russian-born Tania, and her fight to avoid deportation from Belgium, where she has lived for many years and is an integrated member of society. During a police check, she is arrested and locked up in a detention centre, while her son manages to escape. Tania thus begins a fight to preserve her dignity, identity and humanity, as well as find her son.
international title: | Illegal |
original title: | Illégal |
country: | Belgium, France, Luxembourg |
sales agent: | Playtime |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Olivier Masset-Depasse |
release date: | BE 06/10/2010, FR 13/10/2010, IT 19/11/2010, NL 31/03/2011 |
screenplay: | Olivier Masset-Depasse |
cast: | Anne Coesens, Olivier Schneider, Esse Lawson |
film editing: | Damien Keyeux |
production: | Versus Production, Dharamsala, Iris Productions |
backing: | Communauté Française de Belgique, Wallimage, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, RTBF, Tax Shelter, MEDIA programme, Ciné Cinéma |
distributor: | Haut et Court, O'Brother Distribution, Archibald Entreprise Film SRL, Amstelfilm |