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Cast

Crew

Fernand Melgar

Fernand Melgar

Director

Fernand Melgar

Fernand Melgar

Producer

Stéphane Goël

Stéphane Goël

Producer

Prune Jaillet

Prune Jaillet

Editor

Gabriel Hafner

Gabriel Hafner

Sound Editor

François Musy

François Musy

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Wandifa Njie

Wandifa Njie

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Christophe Giovannoni

Christophe Giovannoni

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Jürg Lempen

Jürg Lempen

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Karine Sudan

Karine Sudan

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Denis Jutzeler

Denis Jutzeler

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Fernand Melgar

Fernand Melgar

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Special Flight

20116.1 / 10103 min
Documentary

Overview

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.