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They Teach Us How To Be Happy
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1996
- When four Sudanese families took the decision to flee from their native country and apply for refugee status in Switzerland, they never thought their fate would be the subject of a Swiss-made film. When Peter von Gunten took the decision to accompany refugee families on their ,Swiss journey', he didn't know the people who would help him realize this film, nor did he know their country of origin. (International Forum of Young Cinema, 1997)
- Link: Webpage of the film by the 27th Forum
For his committed observational documentary about Sudanese asylum-seekers during their exhaustive journey through Swiss bureaucracy. This film is a forceful appeal for a more humane policy on asylum.