Stina Werenfels – Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern AKA Dora or...
Quote: At the age of 18, Dora is just beginning to blossom. Her mother Kristin has recently decided that Dora’s psychotherapeutic medication is no longer necessary. As the mentally disabled young...
View ArticleStina Werenfels – Nachbeben AKA Going Private (2006)
Quote: Investment banker HP has allegedly ridden out the crash of the stock exchange. One evening, on a barbecue event with his banker friends and their wives, HP’s Danish au pair girl threatens to...
View ArticleJan Gassmann – Europe, She Loves (2016)
official site wrote: Four couples struggle on the edge of mother Europe. In countries troubled by economic and social crises they stumble through life with charme, sex and plenty of passion. A movie...
View ArticleSimon Jaquemet – Chrieg AKA War (2014)
Quote: Masculinity turns against itself in Simon Jaquemet’s teen violence debut Home is where the hate is in At War, in which a teenager’s boot camp punishment becomes a kind of perverted camaraderie....
View ArticleFrédéric Choffat & Julie Gilbert – Mangrove (2011)
Quote: A young woman travels with her child to a remote coast on the Pacific in southern Mexico where she grew up. She had lived with her father in a house on the beach until her beloved, a young...
View ArticleJean-Luc Godard – Une femme coquette (1955)
Wikipedia Une femme coquette (A Flirtatious Woman) (1955) is the first of four short fiction films made by Jean-Luc Godard preceding his work in feature-length film. The short film is based on the...
View ArticleLuc Schaedler – Watermarks: Three Letters from China (2013)
Synopsis: Based on three different places, the film portrays the infractions to which people living in modern day China are subjected due to rapid developments: in the deceptively idyllic Jiuxiancun...
View ArticleTimo von Gunten – La femme et le TGV AKA The Railroad Lady (2016)
Synopsis: A touching story between a lonely woman and a TGV train driver. Review: The spirit of warming one’s heart and melting one’s shell brings the fifth Oscar nominee to life. La femme et le TGV...
View ArticleNiklaus Hilber – Amateur Teens (2015)
Since Larry Clark’s Kids broke all the rules, more than two decades ago, pictures dealing with youth have definitely changed in scope, tone and subject. New technologies only added to the mix – with...
View ArticleVarious – Swissmade (1968)
In 1968, the Popular Swiss Bank asked to three directors to give their vision about the future of Switzerland. This is their answer....
View ArticleFredi M. Murer – Höhenfeuer aka Alpine Fire (1985)
Alpine Fire is as heady and intoxicating as the thin mountain air of the Alps in which it takes place. The entire film is set far above the rest of the world, and the isolated location influences both...
View ArticleAlain Tanner – Jonas et Lila, à demain (1999)
A fake sequel to Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l’an 2000 (1976). Jonas is now indeed 25, has studied cinema and is living with his black lover, Lila, in Geneva, Switzerland. Between disillusions and the...
View ArticleAndrew Kotting – Ivul (2009)
The second in a projected trilogy by artist and filmmaker Andrew Kötting, Ivul marks the director’s successful return to narrative filmmaking. A family drama in which the close relationship between...
View ArticleDario Bischofberger & Mirko Bischofberger – Old is the New (2012)
Jessye is a young and modern Chinese woman who works for the national tourism office in China. She is sent to a small village in southern Italy to investigate the touristic potential of the region for...
View ArticleRiccardo Signorell – Nocturne (2004)
Quote: David spends the last of his money on a room at the luxury hotel Waldhaus, where he plans to commit suicide. As part of his final act he invites his unsuspecting brother Gian along, ostensibly...
View ArticlePeter Guyer & Norbert Wiedmer – Sounds and Silence (2009)
The ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) record label is now in its 42nd year, and remains as mysterious and uncompromising as ever. This is primarily due to the fact that ECM is a nearly total...
View ArticleAnthony Doncque – Guibert cinéma [+Extras] (2010)
Quote: Sometimes it’s easier to enter a work through the window than through the front door in order to catch it at its most intimate. The hypothesis of this interesting documentary is that the truth...
View ArticleDario Bischofberger & Mirko Bischofberger – Katrina’s Dream (2018)
Katrina wishes to have children but her boyfriend Louis doesn’t. She falls in love with his best friend Ron, who becomes the man of her life. One night, returning drunk together from a birthday party,...
View ArticleStephen Segaller – Jung on film (1957)
Here a short description: This compelling film represents a rare record of an original genius. In Jung on Film, the pioneering psychologist tells us about his collaboration with Sigmund Freud, about...
View ArticleYves Yersin – Les Petites Fugues aka Little Escapes (1979)
Synopsis Pipe (Michel Robin) has worked on the same farm for forty of his 66 years of living. Now he is in his “salad” years, and in retirement is free to explore the world in ways he never did...
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