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Cast

Lambert Wilson

Lambert Wilson

Narrator

Crew

Stéphane Santini

Stéphane Santini

Director

Stéphane Santini

Stéphane Santini

Writer

Stéphane Santini

Stéphane Santini

Editor

Géraldine André

Géraldine André

Director

Géraldine André

Géraldine André

Writer

Géraldine André

Géraldine André

Editor

Géraldine André

Géraldine André

Cinematography

Laurence Hoenig

Laurence Hoenig

Director

Pierre-Yves Bernard

Pierre-Yves Bernard

Director

Laurence Hoenig

Laurence Hoenig

Cinematography

Pierre-Yves Bernard

Pierre-Yves Bernard

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Laurent Dethes

Laurent Dethes

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Thierry Cottin

Thierry Cottin

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Selfish

20206.0 / 1056 min
Documentary

Overview

40 humanitarian workers and their loved ones confide straightforwardly

War, emergency, pandemics and hunger. Humanitarian workers are used to working in the most varied and extreme missions and contexts across the planet. However, few of them venture openly into the world of personal feelings. For this film, forty humanitarian workers and their loved ones did just that, speaking without reserve about the risk, the commitment, the first mission, the sense of powerlessness, the encounters, the passion, the return home and the unspeakable things they’ve witnessed. This film explores the question of their selfishness in choosing to do this kind of work. Each person, in their own words, tells us about their feelings and experiences. Openly and straightforwardly, they tell us who they are and speak of their commitment to others, their doubts, their weaknesses and the images that haunt them.