Special Flight
7.3
Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst. They are accompanied by police officers and immigration officials. The passengers are flown to their native countries, where they haven't set foot in in up to twenty years, and where their lives might be in danger. Children, wives and work are left behind in Switzerland. Near Geneva, in Frambois prison, live 25 illegal immigrants waiting for deportation. They are offered an opportunity to say goodbye to their families and return to their native countries on a regular flight, escorted by plain-clothes police officers. If they refuse this offer, the special flight is arranged fast and unexpectedly. The stories behind the locked cells are truly heartbreaking.
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Fernand Melgar Director · Wandifa Njie Composer Denis Jutzeler Cinematographer
First release August 6, 2011 · Produced in Switzerland · Production RTS, ARTE GEIE
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ARTE GEIE
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Switzerland
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Original title
Vol spécial
Original language
French
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French
Release dates
Switzerland · August 6, 2011
Theatrical · Locarno, 64° Festival del film Locarno
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
March 7, 2012 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
France
March 28, 2012
Greece
March 9, 2012 · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Japan
September 30, 2012 · Digital
Serbia
January 27, 2012 · European Feature Documentary Film Festival - Belgrade
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