Synopsis
Beshar, a Kurd from Iraq, is a refugee in Geneva since ten years and is waiting in vain for is family to come. Shut away in an apartment, he is forbidden to work or leave Switzerland. In an immobile present, he waits.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producers : Marianne Productions, TS Productions
Full credits (9)
- Executive producers : Alice Bloch, Céline Loiseau
- Screenwriter : Nadège Abadie
- Directors of Photography : Jonathan Riquebourg, Nadège Abadie
- Editor : Mario Battistel
- Camera Operator : Yov Moor
- Sound Editor : Ken Yasumoto
- Grader : Yov Moor
- Sound Mixer : Ken Yasumoto
- Participant : Beshar Barwari
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait, Research - Experimental
- Themes : Exile, Exodus, Immigration, Encounters
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 25 min 30 seconds
- Visa number : 158.775
- Visa issue date : 30/10/2024
- Production formats : Super 8
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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