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The Shelter (2014)
Directed by Fernand Melgar
Documentary · 1h 41m
It is winter at an emergency shelter for the homeless in Lausanne. Every night at the door of this little-known basement facility the same entry ritual takes place, resulting in confrontations which can sometimes turn violent. Those on duty at the shelter have the difficult task of “triaging the poor”: the women and children first, then the men. Although the total capacity at the shelter is 100, only 50 “chosen ones” will be admitted inside and granted a warm meal and a bed. The others know it will be a long night.
Crew
- Director
- Fernand Melgar
- Screenplay
- Fernand Melgar
- Director of Photography
- Fernand Melgar
- Editor
- Karine Sudan, Ruis Pires
- Producer
- Fernand Melgar
Details
- Original title
- L'abri
- Release date
- 2014-08-10
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Spanish, Wolof, English
- Countries
- Switzerland
- Production
- Climage, SRG SSR, RTS