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Blandine et les siens

Blandine and her Family

Switzerland, January 2004
FILM, Documentary, 52 min.

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directed by
Emmanuelle de Riedmatten
Written by
Emmanuelle de Riedmatten
Status
In distribution

At the time of the Rwandan genocide, Tutsi Blandine is 12 years of age. Both her parents and her brother are massacred, but she is taken in by a Hutu soldier. Meanwhile, in Switzerland, Blandine's aunt Eugénie mourns the family about which she has had no news. So 10 months later, she is filled with hope by the news that Blandine might still be alive. She and husband Didier initiate a search, and find Blandine living with a foster family in Zaïre. Eugénie and Didier have Blandine brought to Switzerland, and adopt her. Arriving in the dead of winter, the teenager starts to rebuild her life from scratch as she tries to come to terms with her traumatic experiences.

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World Premiere
January 2004
Original Version
French,  colour, Digi Beta, 52 min.
Production
CAB Productions SA, Le CinéAtelier Sàrl, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
directed by
Emmanuelle de Riedmatten
Written by
Emmanuelle de Riedmatten
Cinemato­graphy
Denis Jutzeler
Editing
Francis Reusser
Location Sound Mix
Eric Ghersinu, Christophe Giovannoni

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Cinexport

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
CAB Productions SA Distribution
Release date: tba

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