Facing Mecca

Switzerland2017fiction27'Laureaci festiwali (2018)

This Student Academy Award winner is a story about respect, love and bureaucracy. Fareed, a Syrian refugee, was very well received by his new Swiss neighbours. When his wife dies, it turns out that he cannot bury her according to the Muslim tradition. Everyone wants to help but they cannot do anything.

directed by
Jan-Eric Mack

cinematography
Jan Mettler
script
Anna Schinz, Jan-Eric Mack
music
Dimitri Käch
editing
Simon Gutknecht
production
Joel Jent (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion)
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