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Screening of the Swiss documentary ‘Ambassade’
The Consulate General of Switzerland together with the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library is pleased to invite you to the screening of the movie Ambassade.
Ambassade is a movie that questions the role of diplomatic relations and territorial representation. Through the prism of the American hostage crisis in Iran between 1979 and 1981, this film focuses on Switzerland`s role as intermediary in resolving this international conflict. Filmmaker Daniel Wyss will be joining us for this special screening at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta. The event will take place on Monday, October 28th. The screening will be preceded at 6pm by a small reception.
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Pascal Dรฉcosterd was a young Swiss diplomat sent to Tehran in 1979. Today, recently retired, he is embarking on a journey to try to understand the events of which he was one of the actors. Flavio Meroni was number 2 of the Swiss Embassy in Iran, today he is writing a book on negotiations to free the hostages. In their company we visit places in the United States, Iran and Switzerland, we meet the protagonists and retrace the different stages of these three years that shaped a new global balance. Behind the scenes of these events, where small and great history mingle, Ambassade offers insights into the importance of the human being at the heart of major diplomatic mechanisms.
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