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The images of Cecilia Sarkozy liberating the Bulgarian nurses imprisoned in Libya have been seen all over the world. This affair far surpasses the spectacular intervention of the Elysees Palace. Thanks to interviews with the front line actors, this film looks back on the years of phantom negotiations that led to the release of the Bulgarian nurses. Who paid the most and why? Between small and great secrets, the affair of the Bulgarian hostages reminds us that human rights have little weight opposite reasons of State. For the first time on the screen, the nurses talk about the affair, while the negotiators discuss the bargaining that led to their liberation.

Switzerland - 2007 - 52 mn - Betacam Digital • 16/9 • PAL - Colour

Director Marie-Laure Baggiolini Widmer Writer Anne-Frédérique Widmann Camera Pascal Gauss Sound Beat Lambert Editing Bruno Saparelli Music Jacques Weber

Production Télévision Suisse Romande / Radio Télévision Suisse, 20, quai Ernest-Ansermet, Case postale 234, 1211 Genève 8, Suisse Tél : +41 (0)22 708 2020 Fax : +41 (0)22 708 9868 E-mail : steven.artels@tsr.ch

Sales Isabel Borel Télévision Suisse Romande / Radio Télévision Suisse, Isabel Borel, 20, quai Ernest-Ansermet, Case postale 234, 1211 Genève 8, Suisse Tél : +41 (0)22 708 2020 Fax : +41 (0)22 708 9868 E-mail : isabel.borel@tsr.ch