Objection I

Synopsis

A rejected asylum seeker is in detention awaiting deportation. Plagued by guilt and in fear of the prevailing deportation practices, he hallucinates images of his own execution as he dozes. On television celebrations of a spring festival involving the public burning of an effigy representing winter are being broadcast.

Director Biography

Born in 1957 in Schaffhausen. Joint Swiss and Italian citizenship. Since 1978 lives and works in Zurich. Professional activities include screenwriting, acting and production management. Since 1983 screenwriter and director for commissioned films. 1984 Founds Peacock Film AG. Since 2002 Lecturer at the EICT in San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, Cuba.