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"Illegal" will give people on both sides of the immigrant debate something to think about.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Overview
Tania, a young Russian woman who lives illegally in Belgium with her 13-year-old son Ivan. Constantly on her guard, she dreads police checks until the day she is arrested.
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Rotten
A sad movie that makes you feel bad, partly because it gives so little room to thought.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
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Blunt, loud, and showboaty, Illegal suffers even more when compared with another recent Liege-set film about the horrors faced by paperless immigrants: the Dardennes' Lorna's Silence.
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
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