Babylon 2
Cinéma Mobilité
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 16:00 – 19:00
Cinéma Minimum, Quai Philippe-Godet 20, 2000 Neuchâtel
Babylon 2 | 1993 | Samir | Switzerland | Documentary | 90’
Swiss-German with subtitles in French
This is one of the first movies about secondos living in Zürich in the 90ties: A Turkish ice hockey player tells why he could only fall in love with an Italian woman in Switzerland. A young Italian woman explains why she prefers to rap in English. Carlos Leal, then a young hip-hop singer (Sens Unik) with Spanish roots demands his political rights and the director remembers how he was attacked as a Jew despite his Arab origin. A reflection on the emergence of a new urban culture in Switzerland by the second generation of immigrants.
The screening of the movie as part of the Seminar “Les mobilités humaines dans le cinéma” will be followed by an open discussion with Samir, the Iraqi-Swiss filmmaker, moderated by Gianni D’Amato.
This is a public event and free tickets can be reserved via this online form.
