Clandestins
Switzerland / Canada / Belgium / France, August 1997
FILM,
Fiction,
98 min.
- directed by
- Denis Chouinard, Nicolas Wadimoff
- Written by
- Denis Chouinard, Nicolas Wadimoff
- Status
- In distribution
A port in the north of Europe. Sandu, a 13-year-old gypsy, wants to get to Canada. He is not the only one. Five other men and a woman are also stowaways. Six people, six lives, six destinies and one single wish: to reach the other side, where life is better. The voyage normally takes a week – a week to hide in a container, thirsty, hungry and above all afraid. Afraid of cracking up, going mad, and worse still of not arriving. Ever. A kind of hell. The ship’s engine breaks down. With nothing to eat, the stowaways are tempted to leave their hideaway. But the crew is on guard. Their orders are clear: no stowaway must ever reach Canada…
credits
- World Premiere
- August 1997
- Original Version
- French, colour, 35mm, 98 min.
- Production
- Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Productions du Regard, Films de la Cassine, Morgane Films, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Producer
- Werner Swiss Schweizer
- directed by
- Denis Chouinard, Nicolas Wadimoff
- Written by
- Denis Chouinard, Nicolas Wadimoff
- Production Design
- Ivan Niclass
- Lighting Design
- Eric André
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Motion International
Worldwide Distribution
- Canada
- Motion International Distribution
- France
- Dune Productions Distribution
- Switzerland
- Rialto Film AG Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Fiction Film 1998 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Montevideo, 40° Festival Cinematográfico internacional del Uruguay
13.04.2022 - 24.04.2022 -
Namur, 20e Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
23.09.2005 - 30.09.2005 -
15. Film-Kunst-Fest Schwerin
04.05.2005 - 08.05.2005 -
19. Troia International Film Festival
06.06.2003 - 15.06.2003 -
European Film & TV Market
26.06.1998 - 29.06.1998 -
15. Französische Filmtage Tübingen
19.06.1998 - 27.06.1998 -
European Film Market
11.02.1998 - 22.02.1998 -
Gothenburg, Göteborg Film Festival
30.01.1998 - 08.02.1998 -
Rencontres Cinéma de Manosque
20.01.1998 - 25.01.1998 -
Thessaloniki, 38th Int. Thessaloniki Film Festival
21.11.1997 - 30.11.1997
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Rouyn/Noranda, Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
25.10.1997 - 30.10.1997 -
Hof, Internationale Hofer Filmtage
22.10.1997 - 26.10.1997 -
Chicago, Chicago International Film Festival
09.10.1997 - 19.10.1997 -
Namur, Festival international du film francophone
26.09.1997 - 04.10.1997 -
Toronto, Toronto International Film Festival
04.09.1997 - 13.09.1997 -
Montréal, Festival des films du monde
22.08.1997 - 02.09.1997 -
Locarno, 50. Festival internazionale del film
06.08.1997 - 16.08.1997