Clandestins

A dark and claustrophobic film this brutal tragic gutwrenching drama is set almost totally within the confines of a ships cargo container that is only 25 square meters in size It is the grim story of six illfated refugees trying to get to Canada from a port in France The police are in hot pursuit when the septet of strangers are stowed away in the huge metal box The refugees two men two women and two children are of various backgrounds including Gypsy Russian and Arab The first of many problems occurs when a mother and daughter arrive with no food they lost it during a chase The one Russian refugee Roman declares that they should not be allowed to board the ship but the other three refugees allow them in Their ordeal begins when the ship breaks down in Liverpool