''Sea Sorrow'' is a 2017 British
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
about child refugees in the
European migrant crisis
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, directed by
Vanessa Redgrave
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.
It was shown in the Special Screenings section at the
2017 Cannes Film Festival.
On
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, the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10.
Cast
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Ralph Fiennes
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as Prospero
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Emma Thompson as Sylvia Pankhurst
See also
* ''
Fire at Sea
''Fire at Sea'' ( it, Fuocoammare) is a 2016 Italian documentary film directed by Gianfranco Rosi. It won the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ...
''
* ''
It Will Be Chaos''
* ''
Human Flow''
* ''
Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil''
References
External links
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2017 films
2017 documentary films
2017 directorial debut films
British documentary films
Documentary films about child refugees
Works about the European migrant crisis
2010s English-language films
2010s British films
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