Vol Spécial

An infiltrator’s peek into a Swiss prison where illegal immigrants await deportation. Nobody cares that they are not criminals, have lived in Switzerland for five or twenty years, worked honestly and were about to start a family. They must return to their native land. The film shows the absurdity of the circus surrounding their deportation, and the confrontation of their despair with a feigned considerate attitude shown to them by the authorities, which are in fact fully indifferent and treat them in a mechanical way. The film looks behind a hitherto closed door and, from a documentary point of view, it is remarkable that no one ever looks at the camera, and its presence does not influence anyone’s behavior – as if it’s not even there in those tense and intimate dialogue scenes. Special Flight is a clean, authentic documentary that makes you forget it’s a documentary. (16.03.2012)

We will take exemplary care of you, and we will show you precisely how Swiss institutions function. Do you want a double portion of meat - you can have it. We will provide you with a psychologist, a personal consultant, and a whole team of specialists who are responsible for your well-being. Just keep one thing in mind. Sooner or later, we will send you voluntarily or involuntarily from our paradise to the unfriendly world from which you once came to us. You can disagree with it, you can even protest, but that's all you can do about it. Special Flight is a contribution to the current European debate on the influx of immigrants. It's solidly made, but quite monotonous and excessively long. It exhausts what it wants to communicate in half an hour, and with each passing minute, it repeats itself. Overall impression: 55%. (10.11.2015)