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Tania is a former teacher from Russia, living illegally in Belgium with her son, Ivan. One day, she is stopped for a routine check by the police and is arrested. Separated from Ivan who manages to escape, she is placed in an immigration detention center for women and children.

While utterly refusing to face expulsion, Tania thus begins a fight to preserve her dignity, identity, and humanity, as well as to find her son.

Winner of the SACD Prize at the Cannes Film Festival

Official Selection of the Venice Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival

"[A] fascinating study of perseverance in the face of subhuman treatment." - Boyd Van Hoeij, Variety

"A heroic central performance! The sincerity of the movie can't be denied." - Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York