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Special Flight

Switzerland, August 2011
FILM, Documentary, 103 min.

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directed by
Fernand Melgar
Written by
Fernand Melgar
Status
In distribution
Website
www.volspecial.ch

In Switzerland, more than 200’000 illegal immigrants live in fear: at any moment they risk being arrested without committing any crime. They can be tied up, handcuffed, gagged and returned to their native land by force on a special rendition flight. These people have a built a new life and started a family, yet Swiss officials can expel them from the country overnight. Why? Because they do not have any means of identification. Thousands of men and women find themselves in one of the 33 administrative detention centres in the country and could be incarcerated for up to 24 months. The filmmaker has chosen to immerse himself in the Frambois prison in Geneva, capital of human rights.

Uomini di 20 nazioni coltivano 148 parcelle. Spinti dall’amore per la Terra creano un microcosmo pieno di sogni, solitudine, nostalgia di casa, gioia e conflitti. Il senso dell’ordine svizzero si imbatte nel talento dell’improvvisazione a loro estraneo. Senonché la gioia del giardinaggio accomuna il piacere per quelle cose che nella nostra società sono diventate oggi rarità: il tempo, l’affetto e lo spazio. Lo stare variegato in disparte o insieme costituisce nel contempo una rappresentazione del cambiamento sociale. Gli orti di Schreber, un tempo vivai della buona borghesia svizzera, sono ormai diventati mosaici della nostra società multiculturale.

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World Premiere
August 2011
Original Version
French (english/german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 103 min.
ISAN
0000-0002-A3C0-0000-T-0000-0000-0
Production
Association Climage, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Producer
Fernand Melgar, Stéphane Goël
directed by
Fernand Melgar
Written by
Fernand Melgar
Cinemato­graphy
Denis Jutzeler
Editing
Karine Sudan, Prune Jaillet
Sound Editing
Gabriel Hafner
Re-Recording Mix
François Musy
Music
Wandifa Njie
Location Sound Mix
Christophe Giovannoni, Jürg Lempen

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
CAT&Docs

Worldwide Distribution

France
Dissidenz Films Distribution
Release date: 28.03.2012
Italy
Zalab Distribuzione Distribution
Release date: 01.03.2013
Switzerland
Look Now! Distribution
Release date: 21.09.2011

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