Film Review: Leave to Remain

Based on the real stories of teenagers seeking asylum in the UK, Leave to Remain, shown at the London Film Festival, is a provocative coming-of-age drama where all hope rests on the story you tell. Written and directed by BAFTA-winning documentary-maker, Bruce Goodison, the production was the culmination of three years’ research into the situation of unaccompanied young people who have left conflict zones to seek refuge in the UK. Kate Monkhouse writes on Thinking Faith.

The film exposes the flaws in the asylum system in Britain and brings to light the emotional dilemmas of those who work within it, as well as those who enter it seeking safety and the status of ‘leave to remain’ here.

To read Kate Monkhouse's full review see: www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/FILM_20131030_1.htm