La Culture avec la Copie Privée

One late summer afternoon, in a suburb in the far north of France, on the outskirts of Calais and the sea. Children and teenagers kill time at the foot of the tower blocks, between buildings and vacant lots. They talk about love, doubts, and hopes, trying to understand what drives them.

Pauline, Norah, Kristina and others wait for hours, sitting under a hut deep in the Bois de Vincennes. In front of the administrative detention center (CRA) in Paris, they have all come to see their loved ones locked up. Lives on hold, awaiting deportation or release. On this stage, these women tell their stories, talk to each other, share their experience, their revolt and their dreams with new visitors. They are the mirror of migrant detention, its reverse view.