September 11, 2006
Release Date

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True North (2006)

Name: True North
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2006-09-11

1h 36m

Running Time

September 11, 2006
Release Date

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Plot.

The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.

Where to Watch.

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This Movie Is About.

illegal immigration ·

human trafficking ·

death ·

scotland ·

ship ·

little girl ·

fisherman ·

decision ·

bankrupt ·

drowning ·

smuggling ·

ship's cook ·

cigarette smuggling ·

chinese woman

Media.

Details.

Release Date
September 11, 2006

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 36m

Filming Locations
Cologne, Germany

Genres
Drama Thriller

Wiki.

True North is a 2006 British drama film directed by Steve Hudson and starring Martin Compston, Peter Mullan, Gary Lewis and Steven Robertson as sailors aboard a Scottish fishing boat smuggling illegal immigrants from China into the United Kingdom.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on 11 September 2006 and was also shown at the Max Ophüls Festival in Germany, the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic, the Copenhagen International Film Festival in Denmark and the Ourense International Film Festival in Spain.

There is a 2014 Korean film, Haemoo, with the same story which is attributed to a 2007 stage play by the same name. An animated film of the same name concerning North Korean prisoners was released on October 1, 2020.