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Au loin des villages

Far From The Village
Lontani dai villagi

Switzerland / France / Italy, July 2008
FILM, Documentary, 77 min.

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directed by
Olivier Zuchuat
Written by
Olivier Zuchuat
Status
In distribution
Website
www.auloindesvillages.net

April 2006. 13,000 members of the Dajo ethnic group have taken refuge on the plain of Gouroukoun in eastern Chad. They are all survivors of the Darfur conflict. Secluded in the camp they have constructed, they create their own way of life and means of survival. The filmmaker joins the refugees in this prison without walls. His lingering images convey the interminable waiting and an impression of life in slow motion, unfolding moment by moment in a non-place of destitution. Yet this war film contains no images of war. Instead, refugees relate at length their experiences, children draw scenes of battle, little girls hum songs of combat…

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World Premiere
July 2008
Original Version
Nilo-Saharan (french subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 77 min.
Production
Prince Film SA, AMIP, Les Films du Mélangeur, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Cooperazione Internazionale
Producer
Pierre-Alain Meier, Xavier Carniaux
directed by
Olivier Zuchuat
Written by
Olivier Zuchuat
Cinemato­graphy
Olivier Zuchuat
Editing
Olivier Zuchuat
Sound Design
Stéphane Larrat
Re-Recording Mix
Stéphane Larrat
Location Sound Mix
Olivier Zuchuat
Production Design
Corinne Maury

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World Sales
The Party Film Sales

Worldwide Distribution

France
Hevadis Films Distribution
Release date: 11.11.2009
Switzerland
trigon-film Distribution
Release date: tba

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