A medically supervised drug consumption site has opened in Paris. Many are only passing through. Some stay a while. Among them are Marco, Cilo, Julie, Hervé… who go there daily. It’s a shelter from the violence of life on the streets. They come here to inject themselves out of sight of others but also to rest, take care of their bodies, exist in the eyes of others. And talk a little.
“Here I’m not gonna die”, smiles Marco. “On the street, I’m practically invisible”, says Jeff, describing his life on the streets. “I’ve become sociable again”, confides Baguette.
Outside, signs stuck on the windows saying “no to the fix room”, remind us that not everyone welcomes this place.
Inside, life gets organised. Sometimes the trivial aspects of daily life get the upper hand.These men and women’s words give us an insight into the humanity that is often denied them.
Awards:
– Festival du film social La 25e Image : Prix UNAFORIS (Union nationale des associations de formation et de recherche en intervention sociale) – octobre 2020
Selections :
– REEL Recovery Film Festival, 6-12 novembre 2020 (New-York, Los Angeles, USA)
– Festival Les monteurs s’affichent, 2020 (Paris).
– Festival international du film documentaire Cinéma du Réel 2019, (Paris).
– Images en bibliothèques
A different 52-minute version of the film also exists, Le moindre risque
Fiche technique
Authors & film directors: Cécile Dumas and Edie Laconi
Editing: Charlotte Tourrès
Production: Look at Sciences
coproduction LCP-Assemblée nationale
With the CNC, région Ile-de-France, Mildeca,
and Procirep – Angoa, du Ministère des Solidarités et de la Santé, de la Direction générale des Patrimoines du ministère de la Culture
Distribution : Les Alchimistes