Cheese and Jam
★ 5.8 · 2003 · 90m · Comedy · Drama
A story about a couple from the bottom of the social ladder, about smuggling refugees across borders and other 'suspect' things- it is, first and foremost, an attempt to tell a story about the worst in people, wherever they may be coming from.
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