1526038
1526038

My Mother Is In Sri Lanka

1987-03-14 en 90m
Documentary
“Every day I think about my family, my children, the future.” Two years ago, Magheswaran Naganathy fled Sri Lanka. He lives with Ratha Sivaramalingam, Puniya Sundarampillai, and around fifty other Tamils in a Salvation Army refugee camp in Zollikofen near Bern. Time is killed in the camp. Shopping at Shoppyland, if the social security money is enough. Regular work is not allowed. Practicing the dreaded police interrogation in role-playing games. Getting summer clothes from the Red Cross. Waiting for the mailman to bring newspapers and letters from home. “My children always ask me what my life is like in Switzerland and when I'm coming home.” (Translated from German)

Director

Jürg Neuenschwander

Director

Remo Legnazzi

Writer

Jürg Neuenschwander

Writer

Remo Legnazzi

Director of Photography

Peter Guyer

Director of Photography

Puniya Sundarampillai

Status

Released

Countries

  • Switzerland

Companies

  • Container Film AG
  • Schweizer Fernsehen für die deutsche und rätoromanische Schweiz (SF DRS)