Territories

"Welcome to the United States"

2010 1h 35m EN

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★5.1TMDB · 101

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Synopsis

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Five friends return home from a wedding in Canada to the United States. Not far from the border, two customs officers stop them to check their identity.

“Welcome to the United States”

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Cast

Cristina Rosato
Michelle Harris
Michael Mando
Jalil Adel-Khalid
Roc LaFortune
Samuel Torrence
Sean Devine
Walter Sotos
Nicole Leroux
Leslie Goldberg
Alex Weiner
Tom Goldberg
Stephen Shellen
Rick Brautigan
Vlasta Vrana
Sheriff White

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Olivier Abbou
Writers: Olivier Abbou, Thibault Lang-Willar
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, France

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, France.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Olivier Abbou, shot by Karim Hussain. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Douglas Buck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Cristina Rosato and Michael Mando and Roc LaFortune carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Welcome to the United States".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1683970 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Olivier Abbou directs. Karim Hussain behind the camera. Douglas Buck cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada, France. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 16 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: Canada, France.
3Directed by Olivier Abbou, shot by Karim Hussain. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Douglas Buck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Cristina Rosato and Michael Mando and Roc LaFortune carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Welcome to the United States".
7IMDB entry: tt1683970 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Karim Hussain
Editing: Douglas Buck
Production design: Jean-Andre Carriere
Costume design: Annie Dufort
Makeup / hair: Audrey Bitton
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Territories (2010)

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Dan_Tebasco2017-03-26
★ 4/10
Started out pretty good, at least as far as these 'getting held against their will by some nutty locals' films goes... But the second half was awful, the acting up until that point had definitly been above average for these kind of films but then we are introduced to a new character who takes the focal point from there. He resembles Bryan Adams if Bryan Adams had the same stylist as model Fabio, and his acting is shockingly bad. Pretty much in the same league as what I imagine Fabio acting would be like. And yeah everything just goes straight to the drain from when he makes his entrance in the film and it leaves us with a very abrupt ending as well. So yeah, first half 6/10, second half 3/10 at best. No likes

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