Passport - Alexis Michalik

Issa, a young Eritrean left for dead in the Calais “Jungle”, has lost his memory. With his passport as the only tangible link to his past, he embarks on a long and hazardous quest to obtain his residence permit, surrounded by his companions in misfortune.

"It is precisely from history that flow identity, heritage and legacy. Who are we? Why were we born here? Where will we go next? I am constantly tormented by all of these questions. History, then, is born of travel. Large migrations of human beings who clash or integrate. Humans have always travelled. Every country, every region, every city is enriched by the contributions of humans. Yet each time there are the same conflicts, the same resentment, the same problems: who was there before? Why should they share? Why should they welcome people from another culture?" Alexis Michalik

Writer and director

Alexis Michalik

Featuring

Christopher Bayemi, Patrick Blandin, Jean-Louis Garçon, Kevin Razy, Fayçal Safi, Manda Touré and Ysmahane Yaqini

Technicians

Assistant director: Clotilde Daniault 

Music: Sly Johnson

Set: Juliette Azzopardi assisted by Arnaud de Segonzac 

Props: Pauline Gallot

Costumes: Marion Rebmann assisted by Violaine de Maupeou

Video: Nathalie Cabrol

Video assistant: Jérémy Secco

Lighting design: François Leneveu

Sounds: Julius Tessarech

Production

ACME production

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