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Green Border
Directed by
Agnieszka Holland
NR
2023
2h 32m
Drama
6.4
94%
77%
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A family of refugees from Syria, an English teacher from Afghanistan and a border guard all meet on the Polish-Belarusian border during the most recent humanitarian crisis in Belarus.
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Cast of Green Border
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 the 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
Agnieszka Holland
Director / Writer / Producer
Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko
Writer
Maciej Pisuk
Writer
Fred Bernstein
Producer
Marcin Wierzchosławski
Producer
Green Border Ratings & Reviews
Kevin Ward
July 1, 2025
Green Border is a hauntingly effective drama that places you at the heart of the humanitarian crisis along the Belarus-Poland border. By weaving together the perspectives of refugees, border agents, and humanitarian groups, the film paints a harrowing portrait of people caught in a cruel limbo—volleyed back and forth across borders with no sanctuary in sight. The films strength lies in humanizing every side of the conflict, from the refugees’ desperate hope to the agents’ conflicted obedience to orders. A sobering and empathetic exploration of a deeply complex issue. The black and white cinematography looks excellent. The filmmaking is quite immersive and instilled with an amount if realism. At times, I forgot that I was not watching a documentary feature. Spirit Award nominee.
The New York Review of Books
J. Hoberman
Similarly devoid of nuance, its moral reckoning accentuated by brilliant black-and-white cinematography, Green Border is a visceral ordeal and virtuoso tumult.
AWFJ.org
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Green Border is not an easy watch, but it is an indescribably important one, and one of Holland's most humane and compassionate works yet.
Austin Chronicle
Josh Kupecki
Brutal, field-level depictions of trauma orchestrated by oppressive political structures seeking to manipulate the hearts and minds of some, while dehumanizing others renders Green Border an angry, visceral masterpiece.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Peter Rainer
It doesn't pull any punches on all sides.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
"Green Border" tells an important, of-the-moment story that seeks to shake the world awake to the insanity of world refugee crisis.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"Green Border" has the directness and truth of a documentary and the emotional immediacy of a narrative feature.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Holland's film succeeds, and not only because this recent history is not past. It's prologue.
The New Yorker
Justin Chang
With pulse-pounding sweep and moral fury, the veteran Polish director Agnieszka Holland turns her camera on injustice at the Polish-Belarusian border.
RogerEbert.com
Godfrey Cheshire
"Green Border" strikes me as the best and most important film to be released in the U.S. so far this year.
TIME Magazine
Stephanie Zacharek
This is bold filmmaking that makes us feel more courageous too. And there's not a citizen of the world who couldn't use some of that right now.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
By replicating the process of dehumanization, the film's form forces us to confront our own inaction. Green Border is unforgettable, in all senses of the word.
AV Club
Natalia Keogan
Green Border feels timeless in its approach, again emphasizing past and ongoing violence against those deemed societal "threats."
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
That cruelty can be shocking, and while there are moments in this tough movie when I wept, the rigor of Holland's filmmaking, and the steadfastness of her compassion, help steady you as a viewer.
Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
Mark Kermode
It's really, really moving and engaging. The horrific cruelty of the journey is depicted is utterly convincing.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
All Holland asks here is that viewers contemplate this headline-generating tragedy happening "over there" from the point of view of those within it. After you've sat through this devastating film, it's impossible not to.
DwightBrownInk.com
Dwight Brown
Any allegory about the perils of immigrants and the disdain countries have towards them is extremely topical. Leave it to the very bold Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa) to tackle the subject with an admirable urgency.
Observer
Laura Babiak
Aside from the odd character work in the latter portion of the movie, Green Border remains a righteous, infuriating and woefully compelling watch.
Slant Magazine
Marshall Shaffer
The journeys that Jan and Julia undergo feature such obvious narrativization that they cannot help but feel a bit out of sync with the more observation segments featuring the refugees.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Its anger is matched by its empathy, both of which abound in its tale of woe set in the nightmarish region between Belarus and Poland.
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