Les Âmes perdues
By Stéphane Malterre & Garance Le Caisne
In 2013, a Syrian State official flees Damascus with photos of thousands of corpses tortured to death in the country's prisons since 2011. One year later, the 27,000 photos of the Caesar Report reveal to the world the horror of the crimes of Bashar Al-Assad's regime. This ground-breaking documentary combines testimonies from the victims' relatives, from the Caesar report, from activists, lawyers, archival footage as well as from a survivor. The directors Stéphane Malterre and Garance Le Caisne question the effectiveness of international justice in the condemnation of these crimes and shed light on the arduous legal struggle of the victims' families and their lawyers.
Section Competition - Focus
Original language(s) French, English & Arabic
Subtitle(s) English & French
JusticeMemory & HistoryMiddle East
- Director(s)
- Stéphane Malterre
Co-writer
- Garance Le Caisne
- Stéphane Malterre
Producers
- Les Films D'Ici
- Katuh Studio
World sales
- The Party Film Sales
Cinematographer
- Stéphane Malterre
- Beate Scherer
- Thibault Delavigne
- Laura Sipan
Music
- Gregor Keienburg
- Raffael Seyfrid
Sound
- Armin Badde
- Frédéric Commault
Editor
- Sébastien Touta
- Duration
- 99'
- Year
- 2022
- Production country
- France & Germany
- Status
- Swiss Premiere
Saturday 11 March
20:00
Espace Pitoëff - Théâtre
sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening
In presence of the filmmakers
Monday 13 March
18:30
Espace Pitoëff - Grande salle
sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening
Followed by the debate "Torture in Syria: Human rights lawyers and clients, a complex relationship" & by a book signing of Garance Le Caisne
