Standing Men
Director Maya Abdul-Malak
Countries France
Duration 55 min
Synopsis
On Boulevard de Belleville, in Paris’s 20th arrondissement, a call shop serves as an informal clubhouse for immigrant men. Time seems to be suspended as they mill around and chat. I observe them in this space, a small land that has become the Paris branch of “home,” their great native land. Moustafa is one of them. Our lives differ, but we share the same condition.
On Boulevard de Belleville, in Paris’s 20th arrondissement, a call shop serves as an informal clubhouse for immigrant men. Time seems to be suspended as they mill around and chat. I observe them in this space, a small land that has become the Paris branch of “home,” their great native land. Moustafa is one of them. Our lives differ, but we share the same condition.