Avilem I have come back

  • Directed by Christiane Touati
  • 2014
  • Hands-on documentary filmmaking
  • Youth, Migrations
  • Shooting place : Montreuil
  • Duration : 29 min
  • Audio : FR
  • Subtitles : EN

Synopsis

Constantin is 20 twenty years old. A Romanian gypsy, he has been living in Montreuil with his family for six years. Deported after the beginning of the year 2014, he makes it back to his family. Between French courses and repairing bikes, his efforts to become integrated in France are shaky. Deportation could hit again at any time. Constantin is an example of the universality of the conditions of gypsy youth from Romania or anywhere else in Europe. A fragile life.

  • Direction : Christiane Touati
  • sound : Leila Pailhes Frédéric Lossent
  • edition : Noémie Phillipson

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