21 October 2005 Factual 85 mins
The meeting of two worlds that never met. One of poetry and freedom, and the other of silence and darkness. A story that begins in a maximum security prison in Sweden where a young actor, Jan Jönson, decides to stage " Waiting for Godot "with five prisoners as actors.
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Mishka Saal Director
Mishka Saal Writer
Nadia ben Rachid Editor
Bob Dylan Music
Sylvestre Guidi Director of Photography
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