Philippe Lioret 5 DVD Set ( Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas / L' Équipier / Mademoiselle / Tenue correcte exigée / Tombés du ciel ) ( Don't Worry, I'm Fine / The Light / Mademoiselle / Proper Attire Required / Lost in Transit ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2
EPP ED (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
'Welcome', directed by Philippe Lioret, shows a swimming instructor, who, wishing to impress his wife and win her back, decides to secretly help out a young Kurdish refugee who wants to swim across the English Channel. The film won the jury over.
patrickguillard | 5 hours ago
This year, the prize has gone to a French film about a would-be Kurdish immigrant to Britain who is befriended by a swimming teacher. "Welcome" (Philippe Lioret)has received widespread praise from critics since being released earlier this year. It came ahead of "Sturm" and "Eastern Plays", films which looked at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunals and Neo-Nazism
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
International News: Lioret film wins $131,000 for subtitling, prints -- "Welcome" by French helmer Philippe Lioret has won the European Parliament's Lux film prize.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
'Welcome,' by French director Philippe Lioret, is set in the French port of Calais and focuses on a swimming instructor who helps a teenage migrant, desperate to join his girlfriend in Britain on the other side of the channel.
