NIGHT SHADOWS
by Nasser Bakhti
synopsis
Geneva, 24 hours in the life of five people, none of whom fit into Geneva’s postcard image as a city of privilege. Hans an old cop exhausted by life and a divorce he did not expect at all. Adé, a young Malian who dreams of becoming a famous football star, but has to hide and to work illegally for now. Momo, who has abandoned his studies to become a garbage collector in order to support his family in Algeria, but cannot bring himself to tell them the truth about his new life. And then there is Claire, a young Swiss woman, lost and erring in the night. Annihilated by the use of drugs.. A chronicle where the destinies of locals and foreigners will cross, collide, between doubt, dignity, indifference, violence, and humanity… A night revealing to each one of them what he wanted to hide or did not want to see.
international title: | Night Shadows |
original title: | Aux frontières de la nuit |
country: | Switzerland |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Nasser Bakhti |
film run: | 108' |
release date: | CH 20/09/2006 |
screenplay: | Nasser Bakhti |
cast: | Martin Huber, Damanta Diarra, Hicham Alhayat, Madeleine Piguet, Gaspard Boesch, Irène Godel, Sabrina Martin, Frédéric Landenberg, Alfredo Gnasso |
cinematography by: | Aldo Mugnier |
film editing: | Béatrice Bakhti |
art director: | Ivan Niclass |
costumes designer: | Françoise Nicolet |
music: | El Hadj N’Diaye, Tiken Jah Fakoli, Stimmhorn, Naiche Barbaglia, Nasser Bakhti |
producer: | Nasser Bakhti, Philippe Berthet, Jean-Claude Peterschmitt |
production: | Troubadour Films, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse |
distributor: | Frenetic Films |