Torrential

Green Border

In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. In an attempt to provoke Europe, refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine.

Jalal Altawil

(Bashir)

Maja Ostaszewska

(Julia)

Behi Djanati Atai

(Leila)

Tomasz Włosok

(Jan)

Mohamad Al Rashi

(Grandfather)

Dalia Naous

(Amina)

Jaśmina Polak

("Żuku")

Monika Frajczyk

(Marta)

Maciej Stuhr

(Bogdan)

Agata Kulesza

(Basia)

Aboubakr Bensaïhi

(Ahmed)

Michał Zieliński

(Sasza)

Joely Mbundu

(African woman)

Malwina Buss

(Kasia)

Piotr Stramowski

(Maciek)

Marta Stalmierska

(Ula)

Sandra Korzeniak

(Doctor at hospital)

Magdalena Popławska

(Bogdan's wife)

Talia Ajjan

(Ghalia)

Taim Ajjan

(Nur)

Sebabastian Svaton

(Mahir)

Piotr Połtowicz

(Pilot (voice))

Valentina Sizonenko

(Flight attendant)

Noah Meskina

(Bashir's brother)

Jan Aleksandrowicz-Krasko

(driver on the airport)

Dzianis Tarasenka

Wojciech Kałużyński

(farmer)

Alan Al Murtatha

(Karim)

Perwar Tariq

(Hassan)

Maciej Stępniak

Maciej Kosiacki

("Kosa")

Davit Baroyan

(refugee in the truck)

Tinatin Jabanashvili

(woman in the truck)

Sebastian Królikowski

(polish soldier)

Jan Sałasiński

(polish soldier)

Joecey Mbundu

(African)

Zuyee Helal

(Afghan)

Bartosz Picher

Roman Skorovskyi

Pavel Gorodnitskij

Elie Zeitouny

(Jamal)

Helena Ganjalyan

(pregnant Farah)

Katarzyna Obidzińska

(Ola)

Sławomir Holland

(Karczewski)

Stanisław Cywka

(Jacek)

Robert Czerwiński

(Krzysiek)

Marta Ziętkowska

(officer Pawelec)

Joanna Gonschorek

(ginecologist)

Mirosław Kropielnicki

(Sylwester)

Usman Sediqi

(boy)

Jan Litvinovitch

Dagmara Brodziak

Anna Biernacik

(Stefka)

Maria Złonkiewicz

(activist)

Nadim Suleiman

(translator)

Szczepan Kajfasz

(medician)

Paweł Łukasiewicz

(medician)

Agnieszka Racka

(medician)

Mikołaj Łaski

(medician)

Adel Boubir

(refugee)

Marcin Osiadacz

Hanna Turnau

Tomasz Krzemieniecki

Oleg Garbuz

Ewa Wirtwein

(old lady on the road)

Mateusz Janicki

(policeman)

Agnieszka Frankel

(policewoman)

Magdalena Duszak

(young policewoman)

Michał Wawrykiewicz

Igor Korus

Jonathan Louhoua

(african teenager)

Georges-Anthony Van Keer

(african teenager)

Gabriel Ossotchenho

(african teenager)

James Cyiza

(african teenager)

Ada Cyndler

(mother)

Mikołaj Cyndler

(boy)

Grzegorz Gromek

(tow truck driver)

Grzegorz Grochowski

Klementyna Lamort De Gail

(Bogdan's daughter)

Tomasz Jaskowski

(Bogdan's son)

Milan Šteindler

(Jindra)

Oksana Cherkashyna

(ukrainian refugee)

Olena Leonenko

(ukrainian refugee)

Sergei Berezhko

(ukrainian refugee)

Marii Berezhko

(ukrainian refugee)

Veronika Berezhko

(ukrainian refugee)

Kalina Siudek

Matylda Stuhr

Agata Kuśpit

Julia Zagórska

Marianna Wierzchosławska