Romans d'Ados

The son of Valais mountain farmers, Bernard Crettaz, was an imminent ethnologist and sociologist. Creator of the "cafés mortels/death cafés", Bernard Crettaz has made death his life's work. He was known as "Mr. Death".

For twenty-four hours, Geneva becomes the living backdrop for a contemporary drama: by day, a place where life is good; by night, a refuge for the marginalized. Five characters will meet there, connected by the night shift of a pair of cops. Hans, a police officer nearing the end of his career and worn down by life, tries his hand at compassion, while Dan, his young partner, struggles between prejudice and discovering the other.

For nearly 50 years, reporter, writer and photographer Laurence Deonna risked her life to capture the noise and anger of our times.