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A new frontal view of the bumps in Switzerland/Europe/the First World: the everyday life of a shelter in Lausanne that only allows fifty immigrants each night, which results in a chilling selection ritual every day. Melgar distances himself from overstressing or denouncing through the exposition of the harsh reality, and instead turns it over to the people, who face their own situations with an unquestionable dignity. And, in a quite revealing contrast, he also proceeds to a portrait of the internal rules of the diverse professional staff that manages the center.  ADC

Sections: Nuevo Documental Suizo Competencia DDHH

Spanish title: El refugio
English title: The Shelter
Year: 2014
Format: DM
Color: Color
Minutes: 101
Seconds: 0

Team:

D, F, P: Fernand Melgar  

E: Karine Sudan  

CP: Climage

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