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Bon Voyage by Fabio Friedli

Bon Voyage by Fabio Friedli

Swiss animator and musician Fabio Friedli narrates in stick figures the ever complex legal problem of people fleeing from the homes, seeking a better future.

Dozens of migrants climb onto an overcrowded truck. Their goal: to escape to Europe. When they arrive after an exhausting journey, another brutal reality awaits them: the European treatment of refugees.

In the 2011 Bon Voyage, Friedli makes conspicuous, in a series of well-connected scenes, both the need to hang on to each other and the various attempts (well-mannered or otherwise) to break the chain. The live-action ending that follows presents an attempt to re-instate an Eiffel tower of souls still looking for a bon voyage.

CREDITS:

Script & Director: Fabio Friedli
Animation: Nils Hedinger, Martin Waespe, Fabio Friedli
Starring: Linford Boateng, Nik Rechsteiner
DOP & Light: Janosch Abel
Sound design & Mix: Thomas Gassmann
Foley: Dieter Hebben
Production: Gerd Gockel, HSLU Design & Kunst, Animation

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