Directed by:
Costa-GavrasCinematography:
Patrick BlossierComposer:
Armand AmarCast:
Riccardo Scamarcio, Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Mona Achache, Juliane Köhler, Ulrich Tukur, Anny Duperey, Michel Robin, Eric Caravaca, Antoine Monot Jr. (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Everyone has a story.
The beggar who raises a bowl has a story.
The woman who sleeps drunk on the subway vent has a story.
The man who, like Charlie Chaplin, flees at the mere sight of a cop's uniform has a story.
As in the Iliad, the adventures of our legendless hero begin in the Aegean Sea. On the same sea and under the same sun and sky that witnessed the dawn of civilization.
After many brief adventures, including a stopover in Paradise, and a brief one in Hell, his epic ends magically in Paris. A Paris that sparkles in the dreams of every wanderer's restless sleep.
My film tries to mirror these wanderings, and is the story of those – who like us or our fathers and mothers before us – crisscrossed the earth, defying the oceans and uniformed bullies, in a search of a roof over their heads.
The story of Elias is not that of Ulysses. Nor is it Jean-Claude's or mine. But I do see something of me in Elias, this stranger who is no stranger to me ... I also do see something of my eyes in the look others cast over him.
Costa-Gavras
(Berlinale)
Soundtracks
West is West
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Decca Records
Year: 2010
Format: CD
Length: 57:31
1. | "Alright, Alright, Alright" - Mungo Jerry | 02:47 | |
2. | "O Meri Maina" - Manna Dey & Usha Mangeshkar | 04:03 | |
3. | Arriving In Pakistan | Rob Lane | 02:08 |
4. | George Ploughs The Field | Rob Lane | 01:58 |
5. | "Over And Over" - Nana Mouskouri | 02:58 | |
6. | "Piya Tu Ab To Aaja" - Asha Bhosle | 05:21 | |
7. | Checking Out The Girls | Rob Lane | 02:00 |
8. | "Kaala Doriaa" - Sanjeev Kumar | Rob Lane | 02:21 |
9. | Mere Sayaan | Rob Lane | 02:17 |
10. | Toomba | Rob Lane | 02:15 |
11. | Time To Build / Rooftop Chase | Rob Lane | 02:14 |
12. | Basheera's Pain / The Wives Talk | Rob Lane | 03:38 |
13. | "Main Ho Gaee Dildar Ki" - Nahid Akhtar | 05:06 | |
14. | "Mellow Yellow" - Donovan | 03:37 | |
15. | Numaishaan Mohobbatan Di | Rob Lane | 01:06 |
16. | Sajid With Pir Naseem / Waterfight | Rob Lane | 03:07 |
17. | The Final Farewell | Rob Lane | 03:25 |
18. | "Aik Alif" - Noori & Saeen Zahoor | 07:10 |