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Tag Archives: Switzerland
Ashakara (1991) Gérard Louvin, James Campbell, Jean-Marc Pasquet, Willy Monshengwo
Set in Togo, West Africa, Ashakara is a modern African tale. An African doctor finds Read More »
War in the Highlands AKA La guerre dans le Haut Pays (1998) Francis Reusser, Marion Cotillard, Yann Trégouët, François Marthouret
In the winter of 1797-98, the troops of Napoleon and their revolutionary allies Read More »
The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun AKA La petite vendeuse de soleil (1999) Djibril Diop Mambéty, Moussa Baldé, Lissa Balera, Aminata Fall
La petite vendeuse de soleil follows the life of a young girl who moves from her village to Dakar Read More »
Angel on the Right AKA Fararishtay kifti rost (2002) Jamshed Usmonov, Uktamoi Miyasarova, Maruf Pulodzoda, Kova Tilavpur
Set in the Tajik village of Asht, this film draws on the Muslim notion that we are born Read More »
Devil in the Flesh AKA Le malizie di Venere (1969) Massimo Dallamano, Laura Antonelli, Régis Vallée, Loren Ewing
Based on the infamous novel by Leopold Sacher-Masoch this fine film follows Read More »
The Wound AKA Yara (1998) Yilmaz Arslan, Yelda Reynaud, Halil Ergün, Nur Sürer
Hulya, the daughter of a family who migrated to Germany from Turkey (Yelda Reynaud) Read More »
Watermarks: Three Letters from China (2013) Luc Schaedler
Based on three different places, the film portrays the infractions to which people Read More »
The Circle AKA Der Kreis (2014) Stefan Haupt, Matthias Hungerbühler, Peter Jecklin, Marie Leuenberger
Zurich, 1956. The young teacher Ernst Ostertag falls head over heels in love with the transvestite Read More »
The Stolen Children AKA Il ladro di bambini (1992) Gianni Amelio, Enrico Lo Verso, Valentina Scalici, Giuseppe Ieracitano
Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children Read More »
General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait AKA Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait (1974) Barbet Schroeder, Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Golda Meir
Uganda’s dictator, General Idi Amin Dada, accepts a foreign crew’s request to interview and film him. Read More »
Straight for the Heart AKA À corps perdu (1988) Léa Pool, Matthias Habich, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Michel Voïta
A war photographer returns home to Montréal to discover Read More »
Palermo or Wolfsburg AKA Palermo oder Wolfsburg (1980) Werner Schroeter, Nicola Zarbo, Otto Sander, Ida Di Benedetto
An impoverished young man from Sicily travels to Wolfsburg, West Germany to find work. Read More »
Rice People AKA Neak sre (1994) Rithy Panh, Peng Phan, Mom Soth, Chhim Naline
In Cambodian refugee camps, when children are asked where rice comes from, they answer, “from UN lorries”. Read More »
Hachisch (1968) Michel Soutter, Edith Scob, Dominique Catton, Gérard Despierre
Two guys facing problems in relationships and wondering about the living on the capitalist society. Read More »