Le voyage de Louisa

This French TV movie is yet another typical North African "illegal immigration to Europe story." Moreover, it's of the the tired Algerian/Tunisian migration saga to their mecca, France.

The difference between this one and the other ones is the sick cute kid, Louisa, in this case. But apart from her character, all the overworked personalities from the genre are in the film: the conniving thief offering expert advice to the "poor refugees", the corrupt officials, the heartless boat runner, Italian farmers exploiting cheap immigrant labor. In short, nothing you haven't seen before, if you're the sort of viewer attracted to this film in the first place.

For better takes on the genre, I recommend, just of the top of my head: "Loin", and "Exils" (not really the same, but with similar characters). At least this film offers some interesting views of Tunisia and its capital, Sicily and the Italian countryside as consolation.

I saw this movie a while ago on TV5 and I was impressed by it. I live in the Netherlands and I teach social science. This is a great movie which I could show at school but I can't find a DVD/copy of it which has Dutch subtitles... I understand the previous comment, but I cannot compare this movie to other alike. I shall however take on the tip. What I was most impressed by was the fact that they visit a big city and Louisa is very sick but no one helps. She is a sick child in a rich country, people look away and mind their own business, strange... I think this is the top of the ice mountain and there should be more movies made like this. Also woman slavery in the sex industry a hard knock topic!