Bakhti's comedy-drama is a 24 hour tour de force in the lives of five characters, none of whom fit into Geneva's postcard image as a city of privilege. Linked by two cops' night patrol, the audience meets different faces of immigration and social exclusion: Adé, a young Malian who dreams of becoming a famous soccer star, but has to work illegally for now. Momo, who has abandoned his studies to become a garbage collector in order to support his relatives 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. Claire has lost control of her life, annihilated by drugs. A harsh, yet not hopeless chronicle, where locals and foreigners' encounters with each other may transform their destinies. A reflection of fragile human relationships in our troubling and troubled times.

Algeria/Switzerland, 2006, 108mins, doc, Arabic/French/German/Italian/Soninke with English subtitles, Nasser Bakhti, dir.

Directed by
Nasser Bakhti

Written by
Nasser Bakhti

Cinematography
Aldo Mugnier

Editing
Béatrice Bakhti

Sound
Benedikt Frutiger

Art Direction
Ivan Niclass

Lighting
Eric André

Costumes
Françoise Nicolet

Casting
Nasser Bakhti

Cast
Hicham Alhayat, Gaspard Boesch, Diarra Damanta, Martin Huber, Claire Piguet

Original Version
French, colour, 35mm, 105 min.

Production
Troubadour Films
Télévision Suisse Romande

World Rights
Troubadour Films

Distribution
Frenetic Films (Switzerland)

World Premiere
September 2006



FESTIVALS / PRIX / AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS / TELEVISIONS

2008 | 24th Mons International Love Film Festival, Belgium February 8th -15th 2008
* Sélection

2007 | 31st Cairo International Film Festival, November 27th - December 7th, 2007
* Section (New Arab Cinema 2006 - 2007)

2007 | The 15th Annual African Diaspora Film Festival, New York November 23rd through December 9th 2007.
* Sélection

2007 | 7th AMAL International Euro Arab Film festival, October 22nd-31st 2007, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
* Official Competition

2007 | 31st. Mostra de Sao Paulo International Film Festival, October 19th to November 1st.
* New Filmmakers Official Competition

2007 | 28th Mostra de Valencia, in Valencia October 16th until 24th 2007.
* Section (SPECIAL AUDIENCE AWARD)

2007 | The Harlem International Film Festival, New York, October 13-27, 2007
* Official Competition

2007 | 2007 | 7ème Festival du film Arabe de Rotterdam | ROTTERDAM, Hollande | juin 2007
* Aigle d'argent
* Prix de la meilleure interprétation féminine, pour Madeleine Piguet


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GERMANY
Während 24 Stunden wird Genf zur lebenden Kulisse eines zeitnahen Dramas. Der Polizist Hans steht kurz vor seiner Pensionierung. Dan, sein junger Teamkollege, wird zwischen Vorurteilen und Entdeckung des Anderen hin- und hergerissen. Auf ihrer Patrouille durch die Stadt begegnen sie den vielen Gesichtern des gesellschaftlichen Ausgeschlossenseins. Der junge Malier Adé ist Schwarzarbeiter und träumt von einer Karriere als Fussballstar. Momo, ein ehemaliger Student, ist nach seinem Scheitern bei der Müllabfuhr tätig. Die junge, verlorene Claire steckt in einer Identitätskrise und greift zu Drogen. Eine Nacht, die alles zu Tage bringt, was jeder verstecken oder nicht wahrhaben wollte.

Regie
Nasser Bakhti

Drehbuch
Nasser Bakhti

Kamera
Aldo Mugnier

Schnitt
Béatrice Bakhti

Ton
Benedikt Frutiger

Ausstattung
Ivan Niclass

Beleuchtung
Eric André

Kostüme
Françoise Nicolet

Casting
Nasser Bakhti

DarstellerInnen
Hicham Alhayat, Gaspard Boesch, Diarra Damanta, Martin Huber, Claire Piguet

Originalversion
French, colour, 35mm, 105 min.

Produktion
Troubadour Films
Télévision Suisse Romande

Weltrechte
Troubadour Films

Verleih Schweiz
Frenetic Films

Uraufführung
September 2006