The Porte de la Chapelle marquee told in a documentary

• The documentary

  What I am allowed to hope for,

  in theaters since March 30, tells how the migrants who passed through the marquee at the Porte de La Chapelle in Paris were received by France.

• Language is both a hyphen and a wall, says one of the directors at

  20 Minutes

  .

• But the film also shines with joyful or simply touching moments.

  “These personal stories take them out of the image of the migrant.

  We find a large part of us,” says Raphaël Girardot.

They are called Ahmed, Salomon or Youssouf.

Before arriving in France, they often crossed several countries, where they experienced many hardships, mistreatment, prison, hunger, cold, disease.

Their faces and their stories parade under the eye of Vincent Gaullier and Raphaël Girardot, who installed their camera for several months in the La Chapelle camp, between October 2016 and March 2018. This is the subject of the documentary film

, in theaters since March 30.

In this removable white bubble, managed by volunteers from Emmaus Solidarity, around 60,0000 migrants passed through.

We see them waiting in the cold.

But also to be taken care of with humanity, in the hands of a doctor concerned about their well-being, and a staff who struggle to find them clothes, food, water...

“You get killed.

So you go"

"We had wanted to make a film about exiles in Paris for a long time, there were more than 4,000 of them then, and we couldn't manage to do it in the street, because the people weren't in situations to confess.

When we heard about this place, we thought it was a good example of the ambiguity of France: on the one hand the very generous welcome of the volunteers, on the other the chilling side of the prefecture... “Explains to

Raphaël Girardot.

Or how language can unite or exclude, says the filmmaker.

The administrative machine is dissected, appearing with its jargon as a kind of cold monster.

Opposite, damaged lives, like this Ethiopian who says he was sold like an animal in Libya.

“In my country, a soldier can arrive, shoot four or five people.

No one will know.

There is no information.

You get killed.

So you leave,” he said.

But the film also shines with joyful or simply touching moments.

Men who sing, a look that lights up.

Solidarities that are created.

Memories that unravel.

"They tell their country exactly as we would tell ours," explains Raphaël Girardot.

These personal stories take them out of the image of the migrant.

We find a big part of us.”

• Screenings at the Saint-André des Arts cinema in Paris on April 1 at 8 p.m., April 3 at 6 p.m., April 5 at 8 p.m., April 6 at 8:30 p.m.

  Other sessions until April 18.

  More information

  under this link.

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