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Bosnia Hotel

Thomas Balmès
1996 France 50 minutes undetermined

Everyday life of the Samburu warriors in a village in northern Kenya: they watch the herds, the women sing, young men are circumcised as they celebrate their promotion to the status of warriors’ But today’s warriors sometimes happen to wear blue helmets, and some of the samburus have joined the UN troops in Bosnia to pull apart Europeans at war. They talk about their experience: the Fear, the shelling, and the money they used to build homes or buy cattle.

Thomas Balmès

Né en 1969, études de cinéma à l’Isec. Après avoir consacré deux films à des tournages de James Ivory et Michelangelo Antonioni. Puis il a réalisé : • Bosnia Hotel, 1996 • Maharadja Burger, 1997 • L’Evangile selon les Papous, 1998-1999 • En attendant Jésus, 2000 • Une entreprise comme il faut, 2004

Production :
TBS Productions; Quark Productions; Canal +
Editing :
Catherine Gouze
Sound :
Frédéric Robin
Photography :
Thomas Balmès

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