Crossing over
Every year around 100 000 people cross the sea between France and Algeria, mainly between Marseille and Algiers.
In Algiers, they embark for Marseille, feeling that it is the only possible destination point from the Algerian capital.
From Marseille, they go back to Algiers. They say things are getting better there today.
Type (Documentaire / Documentaire fiction / Série documentaire)DocumentaryGenre en anglaisSociety & Economy Directed by Elisabeth LeuvreySupported by CNC, FASILD, Ministère des Affaires Etragères, Région PACA, SNMCMDistributed by Alice Films DistributionYear2004Duration52min / 72min
Out at sea, we are not in Marseille anymore, but not yet in Algiers. And vice versa. In between – between two shores, two countries, two identities –words finally burst out to confess us about a different Immigration.
Press coverage
A somewhat miraculous documentary, light as a breeze, moving like idleness, beautiful like a utopia that doesn't reveal its name. Go take a stroll on the bridge yourself, to breathe in the air of this "Crossing," unanchored.
Le Monde
Elisabeth Leuvrey has made one of the most beautiful films about immigration in recent years.
Télérama
This remarkable documentary captures with great sensitivity the soul-searching of the passengers during a Marseille-Algiers crossing, between two poles of their lives.
La Croix
The careful balance between words and images, between detailed incidents and the overall atmosphere, between intimacy and noise, makes this film about immigration a warm haven.
Les Inrockuptibles
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