Synopsis
Each summer, many of them transit by sea between France and Algeria. From the enclosed quarters of a boat, at the heart of the bustle while adrift on a journey, these battered about men and women, laden down with bags and stories, reveal to us another side to immigration.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Alice Films
- Co-production : Artline Films
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Laurent Bécue-Renard
- Screenwriter : Élisabeth Leuvrey
- Directors of Photography : Renaud Personnaz, Samuel Dravet, Camille Cottagnoud
- Music Composer : Amar Amarni
- Editor : Bénédicte Mallet
- Sound recordists : Fabien Krzyzanowski, Samuel Mittelman
- Co-producer : Olivier Mille
- Sound Editor : Fabien Krzyzanowski
- Sound Mixer : Fabien Krzyzanowski
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Research - Experimental
- Themes : Exile, Immigration
- Production language : French, Arabic, Kabyle
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 55 min 7 seconds
- Production formats : DV-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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