Traverses
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Traverses |
| Country of production | France , Burkina Faso , Belgium |
| original language |
French , Dioula |
| Publishing year | 2020 |
| length | 77 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joël Akafou |
| script | Joël Akafou |
| production | Faissol Gnonlonfin |
| camera | Joël Akafou, Mateo Tortone |
| cut | Jeanne Oberson |
| occupation | |
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Traverser ( English After the Crossing ) is a French- Burkinabe -Belgian documentary film by the production company VraiVrai Films from 2020 and also the first full-length film by director Joël Akafou (Joël Richmond Mathieu Akafou). It had its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival 2020 in the “Forum” section .
action
Inza comes from the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire ( Ivory Coast ). After the death of his father, his family decided that he should go to Europe . He managed to get to Italy via Libya and the Mediterranean . Numerous refugees from the Ivory Coast arrive in Turin . From there he wants to cross the mountains to France , which is not possible for the time being due to the onset of winter. His mother, aunt and grandmother went into debt in order to buy him out of a Libyan prison. Now they urge him over the phone that he has to make money. The camera accompanies Inza almost permanently, during conversations, visits, phone calls and when watching football . Unlike a friend, he can leave the refugee camp to live with his friend Michelle and her child, who gives him and other Ivorian refugees shelter. He has another friend in France whom he knows from her vacation stay. After the two women found out about each other, however, the Frenchwoman lets him stand in front of the door when he arrives in France after several failures when crossing the border.
Post-history
At the film premiere in Berlin's CinemaxX , the director said that Inza later reconciled with the French woman and that the two will be married shortly.
criticism
For Thekla Dannenberg, the reviewer at Perlentaucher , the film opens up an “irritating look at the issue of migration ”. He shows "the lives of African refugees with shocking honesty: the pressure they are exposed to from their families at home. The cold they have to cope with in Europe." But he leaves you "somewhat in the dark, how much documentation is about him or what is staged."
Awards and nominations
- Participation in the Berlinale 2020
- Competition nomination for the Amnesty Film Prize 2020
Web links
- After the crossing in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Traverser. In: www.berlinale.de. February 2020, accessed March 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Turin and Singapore: Group picture at the foot of the skyscraper , Goethe-Institut /goethe.de from February 2020, accessed April 23, 2020
- ↑ a b Thekla Dannenberg: Telling about wanting to leave and staying. In: www.perlentaucher.de. February 25, 2020, accessed March 7, 2020 .
- ↑ 19 Berlinale films nominated for the Amnesty Film Prize 2020 , filmportal.de from February 20, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020