
The Channel

Natacha (25), a young single parent who works as a fast-food waitress, struggles to raise her 8-year-old son Enzo. Torn between a strong desire for independence and the comfort that her mother Irène unfailingly wants to provide for them, Natacha feels trapped. Her encounter with Walid, who is waiting to save enough money to pay for his crossing to England will open new horizons for her.
Like too much spaghetti and not enough sauce.
A young, single, French mother in need of cash turns to smuggling people across the border from Calais, France to England.
There are some suspenseful moments and the brilliant Alice Isaaz carries the film marvelously, but the film loses focus at several points and eventually outlasts its story.