
Leave to Remain
- Year:
- 2013
- 89 min
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This film contains strong language and some
scenes which some viewers may find upsetting
I was 14 years old. I live in a
tiny farming area called Nuristan.
The men came to our house.
They grab my brother by the hair
and drag him onto the street.
I hold my sisters back and
They tie my brother's hands
behind his back and to his feet,
like we do with goats for slaughter.
My father, he just... cries.
I only see my brother's head pulled back
so his neck looks white and soft.
CAMERAS CLICK:
They say it is me next.
When we all leave for
the border in Turkey...
...we are shot at by the guards.
Some people are injured or die.
On the boat to Italy, I
remember counting the people.
There are 19 left.
We started with 31.
Finally, I end up in Oxford.
I thought this was centre of England
because this is where
your words come from...
- LAUGHTER.
- ..Well, dictionary.
That is my story. Thank you.
'My story.
'I tell it over and over again,
'until its meaning is lost.
'It's all that stops me
'from being sent back to a
place worse than hell.'
That story, ladies and gentlemen,
was not believed.
And so now Omar faces removal
if his appeal fails next week.
Thank you.
'We are all in this together...
'..but not all of us will be believed.'
BOYS CHA - Hey! - Hey, Omar! - Are you OK?
- Yeah, I'm fine. Come in! - Good, good.
- You all right?
- Hi, Chloe.
- Hiya!
- Come on.
Hey, man, you OK?
- Morning.
- Hello, Mr Nigel. - Morning.
- Morning, Mr Nigel.
- Morning.
- Morning. - Hello.
- Good morning.
- Good morning, sir.
- Good morning.
- Good morning. - Good morning, Mr Nigel.
- Good morning, Alpha.
Good morning, Omar.
Omar, here's your book.
Hey, bro, you got a pen on you?
Thanks, man.
Five Names. Is this you? Is this you?
OK, OK.
- So, welcome, everybody. Good morning.
- Good morning.
This morning, we have a few new faces.
- Faces.
- Faces.
- LAUGHTER.
Right, er...
Those glasses make you look like Malcolm X.
Thank you, Mr Nigel.
These glasses use a holographic film
- that creates an effect like a dispersive prism.
- Ah! Thank you, Alpha.
So, some of the new faces.
Who have we got? Ah, Umi.
Umi? Am I saying that right?
Umi, where are you from?
Which country are you from?
Which country?
No?
What's your name?
Name?
My name is Nigel.
Nigel. What's your name?
- Zizidi.
- And where are you from, Zizidi? Nigeria?
No, no, no, not Nigeria.
- Guinea.
- Guinea. You don't like Nigeria?
SHE SPEAKS IN HER OWN LANGUAGE
She says that Nigerians think
they're kings of Africa.
SHE SPEAKS IN HER OWN LANGUAGE
She says that we have more cows, more gold
and the most beautiful women.
More beautiful women.
More beautiful women, you hear that, Umi?
Not in Nigeria. Is that true?
OK, so, Omar, why don't you tell us
about what you did in the break?
Well, Mr Nigel, Five Names and me
went skiing on the Costa Brava,
then flew off in a private jet
to the Riviera for a spot of wine-tasting.
- Wine-tasting?
- Mm-hm.
Then on our way back, all chilled,
they came out of nowhere - the Feds.
Then they handcuffed us
and dragged us away.
DOOR OPENS:
Ah! Welcome, welcome. Another new addition.
You must be Abdul?
Abdul, yes? Yes?
Where are you from, Abdul?
Where are you from?
He says he's from Nigeria.
- LAUGHTER.
- Thank you.
Well, I'm going to take a lucky guess
and say you're from Afghanistan.
OK, so can you show me where
Afghanistan is on the map?
If you look at the map, can you
tell me where Afghanistan is?
He doesn't know where Afghanistan
is on the map, Uncle.
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