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Night Shadows
Schatten der Nacht

Switzerland, September 2006
FILM, Fiction, 102 min.

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directed by
Nasser Bakhti
Written by
Nasser Bakhti
Status
In distribution
Website
https://www.troubadour-films.com/en/night-shadows

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.

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World Premiere
September 2006
Original Version
French,  colour, 35mm, 102 min.
ISAN
0000-0001-89B5-0000-V-0000-0000-I
Production
Troubadour Films, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
directed by
Nasser Bakhti
Written by
Nasser Bakhti
Editing
Béatrice Bakhti
Music
Nasser Bakhti
Location Sound Mix
Benedikt Frutiger
Production Design
Ivan Niclass
Lighting Design
Eric André
Costumes
Françoise Nicolet
Casting
Nasser Bakhti

Cast

Martin Huber
Gaspard Boesch
Claire Piguet
Hicham Alhayat
Diarra Damanta

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Troubadour Films

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution
Release date: 20.09.2006

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