True North (2006)

Directed by

Steve Hudson

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Sailors on a Scottish fishing boat smuggle illegal immigrants from China into the UK. The film follows the crew as they deal with the moral and practical consequences of their dangerous cargo.

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What happens

True North is a 2006 British drama film directed by Steve Hudson and starring Martin Compston, Peter Mullan, Gary Lewis and Steven Robertson as sailors aboard a Scottish fishing boat smuggling illegal immigrants from China into the United Kingdom. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on 11 September 2006 and was also shown at the Max Ophüls Festival in Germany, the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic, the Copenhagen International Film Festival in Denmark and the Ourense International Film Festival in Spain. There is a 2014 Korean film, Haemoo, with the same story which is attributed to a 2007 stage play by the same name. An animated film of the same name concerning North Korean prisoners was released on 1 October 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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