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Comme des lions de pierre à l'entrée de la nuit

Like Lions Of Stone At The Gateway Of Night

Switzerland / France / Greece, April 2012
FILM, Documentary, 87 min.

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directed by
Olivier Zuchuat
Written by
Olivier Zuchuat
Status
In distribution

Between 1947 and 1951, the Greek government interned around 80'000 soldiers and civilians for “communist activity” on the Island of Makronisos. They were forced to go through re-education programmes in order that they might get back on the right track guided by the ideology of the extreme right-wing nationalist King Paul. Numerous prisoners, including the famous poet Yannis Ritsos wrote texts that they buried inside bottles and managed to bring home from the camp. These texts fuel images of this barbaric laboratory which was set up to facilitate the “mental reprogramming” of members of the communist resistance.

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World Premiere
April 2012
Original Version
French voice over, Greek (french subtitles),  colour, DCP, 87 min.
ISAN
0000-0003-1C13-0000-0-0000-0000-3
Production
Prince Film SA, AMIP, Les Films du Mélangeur, Periplus, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
Xavier Carniaux, Pierre-Alain Meier
directed by
Olivier Zuchuat
Written by
Olivier Zuchuat
Cinemato­graphy
Olivier Zuchuat
Editing
Olivier Zuchuat
Sound Editing
Vincent Montrobert
Sound Design
Denis Séchaud
Re-Recording Mix
Denis Séchaud
Location Sound Mix
Aris Athanasopoulos
Production Design
Eleni Gioti, Corinne Maury

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Doc & Co

Worldwide Distribution

France
Hevadis Films Distribution
Release date: 06.11.2013
Switzerland
Outside The Box Sarl Distribution
Release date: 27.02.2013

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