
Happy End(2017)
A well-to-do French family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks and crises while paying little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps within a few miles of their home.


In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. In an attempt to provoke Europe, refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine.

Jalal Altawil
Bashir

Maja Ostaszewska
Julia

Behi Djanati Atai
Leila

Tomasz Włosok
Jan
Mohamad Al Rashi
Grandfather
Dalia Naous
Amina

Jaśmina Polak
'Żuku'

Monika Frajczyk
Marta

Maciej Stuhr
Bogdan

Agata Kulesza
Basia
Green Border is a drama film released in 2023 exploring themes of refugee, border crossing, border guard, refugee crisis, european refugee crisis, refugees. Directed by Agnieszka Holland, it stars Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai. In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. In an attempt to provoke Europe, refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine.
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