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Outside – a Reverse View on Migrant Detention

Devant - contrechamp de la rétention
Annick Redolfi
2024 France 78' French
© Annick Rodolfi_Iskra
© Annick Rodolfi_Iskra

Pauline, Norah, Kristina and others wait for hours, sitting under a hut deep in the Bois de Vincennes. In front of the administrative detention center (CRA) in Paris, they have all come to see their loved ones locked up. Lives on hold, awaiting deportation or release. On this stage, these women tell their stories, talk to each other, share their experience, their revolt and their dreams with new visitors. They are the mirror of migrant detention, its reverse view.

Annick Redolfi

After studying political science, Annick Redolfi trained as a filmmaker and began her career in journalism (La Marche du Siècle, Etats d’Urgence), from which she developed a keen interest in the politically-charged issues of our time. Convinced of the need to assert her point of view, she continued on the documentary path. Her documentaries focus above all on the life paths of her characters.

Production :
Iskra
Photography :
Muriel Cravatte
Sound :
Annick Redolfi, Raphaël Girardot, Cyrille de Canson
Editing :
Saskia Berthod

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