Stowaway (2001)

Original title

驚天大逃亡

Directed by

Clarence Fok

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of people from Fuzhou secretly board a truck to smuggle themselves into the United Kingdom. Based on real events, it follows their dangerous journey and the desperate risks they take for a better life.

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What happens

Stowaway (simplified Chinese: 惊天大逃亡; traditional Chinese: 驚天大逃亡), alternatively known as Snakeheads, is a 2001 Hong Kong action film based on the true story of a group of stowaways from Fuzhou illegally immigrating to the United Kingdom in 2000. In the incident, 58 illegal immigrants suffocated to death in an airtight truck of tomatoes at Dover, England on 20 June 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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