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Marseille, 2014. Dozens of Armenian asylum seekers are trying to survive while waiting for their applications to be considered. They live in an indeterminate space, wandering in limbo.
Marseille, 2014. Dozens of Armenian asylum seekers try to survive while waiting for their applications to be considered. They left behind them a country whose people have settled around the world for more than a century... A country all describe as a desert, abandoned by its inhabitants, emptied of its life. Forced stillness, impotence; they live in an in-between space: between two countries, between two lives. They exist in an abstract time and space, made of nothing, where their life escapes them completely. By the shore, they float in limbo.

Credits

Director
Tamara Stepanyan
Screenwriter
Tamara Stepanyan
Producer
Nathalie Combe, Tamara Stepanyan, Jean-Christophe Ferrari (Co-Author)
Editor
Olivier Ferrari
Production Company
Visan (Armenia), Cosmographe Productions

About the Director

Tamara Stepanyan
Tamara Stepanyan is one of the principal figures of the nouvelle vague of Armenian cinema today. Born in Armenia and based in France, Tamara’s documentaries—‘Village of Women’ (2019), ‘Those from the Shore’ (2016), and ‘Embers’ (2013)—have won prestigious awards worldwide. Her accolades include Best Documentary at Busan, Best Director at Boston, Best Film at Amiens (France), and the Étoile de la S
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