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Directed by
Peter von Gunten |
Written by
Heidi Rieder | ... | (collaboration) |
Peter von Gunten | ... | () |
Produced by
Anne Marie Etter | ... | associate producer (as Annemarie Etter) |
Paul Riniker | ... | co-producer: DRS |
Peter von Gunten | ... | producer |
Music by
Abu Simbel Ensemble | ||
Simsimiyya Ensemble |
Cinematography by
Peter von Gunten |
Editing by
Peter von Gunten |
Editorial Department
Daniel Hegner | ... | on-line editing |
Charly Huser | ... | color timer |
Production Management
Agathe Blaser | ... | production manager (as Agat Blaser) |
Heidi Rieder | ... | unit manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Heidi Rieder | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
Remo Belli | ... | sound recordist |
Rolf Büttikofer | ... | sound mixer / sound |
Andreas Litmanowitsch | ... | sound |
Peter von Gunten | ... | sound mixer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Attila Boa | ... | assistant camera |
Martin Mühlethaler | ... | operator: 2nd camera |
Rolf Mühlethaler | ... | assistant camera: 2nd camera |
Andreas Schneuwly | ... | assistant camera |
Esra Thormann | ... | assistant camera |
Script and Continuity Department
Heidi Rieder | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Farhad Afshar | ... | consultant |
Anne Marie Etter | ... | consultant (as Annemarie Etter) |
Stefan Fraefel | ... | consultant |
Rosamaria Gilli | ... | consultant |
Peter Huber | ... | consultant |
Monica Iseli | ... | translator |
Walter Kälin | ... | consultant |
Theres Scherer | ... | production assistant |
Thomas Straubhaar | ... | consultant |
Andreas Tunger | ... | translator |
Vera von Gunten | ... | trainee |
Hans-Ruedi Wicker | ... | consultant |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Filmcoopi (1996) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
Special Effects
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
It starts with insults, discrimination at work, harassment by the police. When stalkers sent by the government go from threats to assault, one must seek safety in a faraway country. The film documents the experiences of several Sudanese refugees arriving in Switzerland during the 1990s: fastidious transfers from one shelter to another; repetitive hearings with the commissions in charge of asylum seekers; account settlements with the social services that are as incomprehensible as they are meticulous; and the laborious integration in a different society, even when all parties go about it with a lot of goodwill. The refugees are just asking for safety; but the Swiss authorities demand a weighty counterpart to that plea.
Written by Eduardo Casais |
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