Carolina and Colette are social workers. They spend all day interacting with families seeking asylum in France. The girls help the visitors to fill in the paperwork. They are approached every day by people from all over the world. Some don’t even know how they got to France! They all have their own weirdness and their own stories. Young and impulsive Carolina often reacts to immigrant stories very sharply and bursts into flames easily. Colette is much calmer and radiates compassion, but very often gets lost among his papers. They are communicated with by overworked but stubborn and often absurdly unspeakable newcomers.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 53 min.
- Country, year
- France, 2009
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- French
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard
- Screenplay
- Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard
- Cinematography
- Patrice Chagnard
- Music
- Pierre Carrasco, Ali Farka Touré
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Director
Claudine Bories
Claudine Bories began her career in theater. In 1968, she directed her first documentary. From 1990 to 2002, she co-founded the Seine-Saint-Denis Documentary Film Creative Center and began organizing documentary film meetings.
Director
Patrice Chagnard
Patrice Chagnard was still in charge of France’s largest film club at the age of seventeen. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne. He has worked as the editor-in-chief of a TV magazine. In 1969 he became a hippie and traveled around Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
