Blandine et les siens

Blandine, a Tutsie 12 years old child is alone after the death of her parents and brother. Hutu, a soldier, drives her to Zaire. In Switzerland, Eugénie, Blandine’s aunt, believes her whole Rwandese family is dead. Ten months later she learns that Blandine may be alive. They find her in Zaire and bring her to Switzerland. Blandine arrives in winter and finds a new family. She had an elder brother, she now has a younger sister. She bites into life but when being a teenager she wants to die but finally chooses life

 2004-52’
Directed by EMMANUELLE DE RIEDMATTEN