Catalogue des films de « Fernand Melgar »

A winter spent in the heart of an emergency shelter for homeless people in Lausanne. At the entrance to this hidden bunker there unfolds every night the same dramatic ritual, leading to occasionally violent confrontations. The watchmen have the...

"Le monde est comme ça" raconte la destinée de cinq des protagonistes du film "Vol spécia" après leur expulsion de Suisse. Arrachés à leur pays d’accueil et à leurs enfants parce qu’ils étaient sans-papier, ils se sont retrouvés au...

Each year, thousands of men and women in Switzerland are imprisoned without trial or sentence. Simply because they stay in the country illegally, they may be deprived of liberty for up to two years before being deported. After "The Fortress"...

For the first time, a camera unrestrictedly penetrates into the universe of a Swiss reception centre for asylum seekers. It presents a human gaze at an austere transition place, where 200 men, women and children, torn between doubt and hope, are...

No one knows the day or the hour. When illness strikes, accompanied by pain and physical decline, there we are, faced with death. The outlook on what remains of life appears dismal and full of anguish. How to spare oneself, and one’s closest...

In the stadium changing rooms, teenager Randy prepares for his first boxing match. He is going to fight in the paperweight category.

Pascal, a transvestite, rushes to the hospital to be at his wife's side.

Denise suffered the tragic loss of her husband 10 years ago. Today she must face a new trial.

"Premier jour" est une collection de dix courts-métrages documentaires initiée et réalisée par Fernand Melgar et soutenue par Jean-Marc Henchoz. L'idée est simple : nous avons tous, au cours de notre vie, des moments qui comptent et dont nous...

The big day has finally arrived for Jean, a seminarian and Vietnamese refugee.