Ghetto

Switzerland, January 1997
FILM, Documentary, 122 min.

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directed by: Thomas Imbach
Written by: Thomas Imbach
Status: In distribution
Website: www.bachim-film.ch/ghetto

“The biggest damned ghetto”, is the way the school caretaker describes the classroom in which Xhumi and Müke are to spent their last few month at school. Ana's hands become moist with sweat when she is asked about the job she hopes to find at some future date. Olli is already on the outside, i.e. on the street. “You don't look so good these days”, says Ati, the roast chestnut vendor, himself not yet 20. We find ourselves on the sunny side of Zurich's Gold Coast with a bunch of kids who are trying to break into the world of work, into the consumer society around them. It's six degrees below, says Olli to his friend Ati, as Dani lets himself slide heavily from the bed to the floor.

credits

World Premiere: January 1997
Original Version: Swiss-German (german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 122 min.
Production: Bachim Film, Filmkollektiv Zürich AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
directed by: Thomas Imbach
Written by: Thomas Imbach
Cinematography: Jürg Hassler, Thomas Imbach
Editing: Thomas Imbach, Jürg Hassler
Music: Peter Bräker
Location Sound Mix: Thomas Imbach

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights: Bachim Film

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland: Lang Filmverleih Distribution
Release date: tba

Awards

(a selection)

Mannheim-Heidelberg, Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, International Independent Award Best Documentary 1997 (Winner)

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