NIGHT SHADOWS
by Nasser Bakhti
synopsis
Geneva, 24 hours in the life of five people, none of whom fit into Geneva’s postcard image as a city of privilege. Hans an old cop exhausted by life and a divorce he did not expect at all. Adé, a young Malian who dreams of becoming a famous football star, but has to hide and to work illegally for now. Momo, who has abandoned his studies to become a garbage collector in order to support his family 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. Annihilated by the use of drugs.. A chronicle where the destinies of locals and foreigners will cross, collide, between doubt, dignity, indifference, violence, and humanity… A night revealing to each one of them what he wanted to hide or did not want to see.
| international title: | Night Shadows | 
| original title: | Aux frontières de la nuit | 
| country: | Switzerland | 
| year: | 2006 | 
| genre: | fiction | 
| directed by: | Nasser Bakhti | 
| film run: | 108' | 
| release date: | CH 20/09/2006 | 
| screenplay: | Nasser Bakhti | 
| cast: | Martin Huber, Damanta Diarra, Hicham Alhayat, Madeleine Piguet, Gaspard Boesch, Irène Godel, Sabrina Martin, Frédéric Landenberg, Alfredo Gnasso | 
| cinematography by: | Aldo Mugnier | 
| film editing: | Béatrice Bakhti | 
| art director: | Ivan Niclass | 
| costumes designer: | Françoise Nicolet | 
| music: | El Hadj N’Diaye, Tiken Jah Fakoli, Stimmhorn, Naiche Barbaglia, Nasser Bakhti | 
| producer: | Nasser Bakhti, Philippe Berthet, Jean-Claude Peterschmitt | 
| production: | Troubadour Films, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse | 
| distributor: | Frenetic Films | 
















