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My Mother Is In Sri Lanka (1987)
Directed by Jürg Neuenschwander, Remo Legnazzi
Documentary · 1h 30m
“Every day I think about my family, my children, the future.” Two years ago, Magheswaran Naganathy fled Sri Lanka. He lives with Ratha Sivaramalingam, Puniya Sundarampillai, and around fifty other Tamils in a Salvation Army refugee camp in Zollikofen near Bern. Time is killed in the camp. Shopping at Shoppyland, if the social security money is enough. Regular work is not allowed. Practicing the dreaded police interrogation in role-playing games. Getting summer clothes from the Red Cross. Waiting for the mailman to bring newspapers and letters from home. “My children always ask me what my life is like in Switzerland and when I'm coming home.” (Translated from German)
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Jürg Neuenschwander, Remo Legnazzi
- Writer
- Jürg Neuenschwander, Remo Legnazzi
- Director of Photography
- Peter Guyer, Puniya Sundarampillai
- Editor
- Remo Legnazzi, Peter Guyer
- Producer
- Jürg Neuenschwander, Remo Legnazzi
Details
- Release date
- 1987-03-14
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German, Tamil
- Countries
- Switzerland
- Production
- Container Film AG, Schweizer Fernsehen für die deutsche und rätoromanische Schweiz (SF DRS)