A comic collision of chaos and coincidence
In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees.
Director: Jasmin Dizdar
Cast: Charlotte Coleman, Charles Kay, Rosalind Ayres, Julian Firth, Edward Jewesbury, Nicholas Farrell, Danny Nussbaum, Roger Sloman
A comic collision of chaos and coincidence
In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees.
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In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, a…
1h 47m
September 16, 1999
Jasmin Dizdar
Charlotte Coleman, Charles Kay, Rosalind Ayres
War, Comedy, Drama
R