This film tells us the story of four francophones, aged 17 to 19, who have come from the war-torn and hunger-ravaged country of Somalia. Having just arrived in Canada, they are searching for cultural reference points that allow them to reconstruct their universe. But the way they live marginalizes them and they do not always recognize themselves in modernity. How can they reconcile old and new, past and present, myth and reality? It is this quest for remembrance, identity and freedom which the filmmaker seeks to capture.
Quatuor de l’exil, Le
- Film Maker
- Collins, Alan
- Year
- 1994
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- Format
- 16mm
- Length
- 59
- Genre
- documentary
- Category
- Childhood, French language, Mental Health, Portraits, Youth


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