{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Beyond the Ocean | image = Après l'océan poster.jpg | caption = French release poster | director = Éliane de Latour | producer = Arte<br>Cinéma La République de Côte d'Ivoire<br> C.N.R.S. Images<br>Les Films d'ici<br> Autonomous Limited | writer = Éliane de Latour | starring = Fraser James<br>Djedje Apali<br>Marie-Josée Croze | distributor = Shellac Distribution {{small|(France)}} | released = {{Film date|2006|02|15|Berlin|2009|7|8|France|df=y}} | runtime = 108 minutes | country = Côte d'Ivoire<br/>France<br/>United Kingdom | language = French | budget = | gross = | cinematography = Renaud Chassaing
| editing = Nelly Quettier<br> Yves Dechamps<br> Catherine Gouz | music = Alexi Pecharman<br> Eric Thomas }}
'''''Beyond the Ocean''''' (French release titles: '''''Les Oiseaux du ciel''''' and '''''Après l'océan''''') is a 2006 film directed by Éliane de Latour. Latour also co-wrote the screenplay with GauZ'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Voyageurs |first=Etonnants |date=2024-11-19 |title=GAUZ |url=https://www.etonnants-voyageurs.com/GAUZ.html |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Etonnants Voyageurs |language=fr}}</ref> The film showed in the Panorama section of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.unifrance.org/news/4046/france-represented-by-25-films-at-the-56th-berlin-international-film-festival|title=France represented by 25 films at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival|work=UniFrance|date=8 February 2006|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> It also showed at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/66177/|title=Booming Edinburgh gets extra boost|first=Annika|last=Pham|work=Cineuropa|date=17 August 2006|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
== Plot == Otho and Shad leave Abidjan to try their luck in Europe. They have a dream, to return to their country as heroes. However, exile is not a bed of roses. Once in Spain, Otho is arrested and deported to Côte d'Ivoire without attaining his goal. His former friends turn their backs on him. Shad manages to make his way to England where he meets Tango, a young rebellious Frenchwoman. The two lovers lean on each other for support, but the obstacles they must overcome are numerous.
==Cast== *Fraser James – Shad *Djedje Apali – Otho *Marie-Josée Croze – Tango *Sara Martins – Olga *Lucien Jean-Baptiste – Tetanos *Tella Kpomahou – Pelagie *Malik Zidi – Bruno *Agnès Soral – The White *Kad Merad – Oncle de Tango *Luce Mouchel – Tante de Tango *Michel Bohiri – Père d'Otho *Angeline Nadié – Mère d'Otho *Gabriel Zahon – Père de Shad *Toupé Loué – Baudelaire
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{RefFCAT|440}} (with French title ''Après l'océan'') * {{IMDb title|0418985|Beyond the Ocean}}
Category:2006 films Category:Ivorian drama films Category:French drama films Category:British drama films Category:2006 British films Category:2006 French films {{IvoryCoast-film-stub}} {{2000s-France-film-stub}}