To escape oppression and a haunting past, Shewit, risking her life, fled Eritrea. At the age of 15, after having been imprisoned by human traffickers in Libya, she finally reaches Switzerland, the country where she has placed all her hopes. Seven years later, she still does not have a permit, her fate resting in the hands of the Swiss authorities. A migrant in amnesty, threatened with deportation, Shewit maintains her fight to achieve her dream: to become a free woman. A battle for her emancipation, filmed over the course of a decade.
THEATER RELEASE IN SWITZERLAND IN SEPTEMBER 2026
FESTIVALS
SOLOTHURNER FILMTAGE, Audience Award Nominee (2026)
Documentary – 88 min
Original Version: French, Bilen
Subtitles: English, French, Deutsch, Italian
DCP, Stereo and 5.1, Color
Switzerland
© 2026 Intermezzo Films, Good Story
Director: Anne-Frédérique Widmann
Production: Intermezzo Films, Luc Peter & Katia Monla
Coproduction: Good Story, Anne-Frédérique Widmann & Patrick Chappatte
Starring: Shewit Tekie, Melete Solomon, Eliane Ruckstuhl
Image: Eliane Ruckstuhl, Leandro Monti
Editing: Stephan Rytz
Music: Coco Francavilla
Sound Editing: Nicolas Binggeli, ORCA Production
Sound Mixing: Nicolas van Deth, Studio Shazam
Color Grading: Loïc Oswald, ORCA Production
Camera: Tamara Castagnoli, Fanny Reynaud, Anne-Frédérique Widmann
Sound: Olivier Larue, Julien Matthey, Benedikt Fruttiger, Nicolas Binggeli, Stephan Rytz
Associate Editors: Brandon Beytrison, Mykyta Kryvosheiev, Christine Hoffet
Trailer: Fabrizio Mambro, Coco Francavilla, Anne-Frédérique Widmann
Subtitles: Sandrane Ducimetière, Face-C
Graphic Design (credits): Stéphanie Ganière, Reflet design
Graphic Design (poster): Kenza Wadimoff
Production Manager: Aurélie Oliveira Pernet
Production Assistant: Lola Scurlock, Lippo Dacco’
Production Administrator: Karla Kolder
Production Accountant: Annick Kammacher
With the support of: Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Cinéforom and Loterie romande, Suissimage, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse (Documentaires),
Ernst Göhner Foundation, Sandoz Family Foundation, Coromandel Foundation, Passer’elles Foundation, Philanthropia Foundation,
La Ville de Genève, La Ville de Carouge, Fonction:Cinéma
