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Tag Archives: Switzerland
Shining Sex (1976) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Evelyne Scott, Monica Swinn

Cynthia, an exotic dancer in a upscale resort in Southern France, is seduced by a strange couple Read More »
The Wind Turns AKA Le vent tourne (2018) Bettina Oberli, Mélanie Thierry, Pierre Deladonchamps, Nuno Lopes

Pauline, a young farmer, raises her animals far from the modern world. Read More »
Providence (1977) Alain Resnais, Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn, John Gielgud

Clive Langham (Sir John Gielgud) spends one tormenting night in his bed suffering from health problems and thinking up a story based on his relatives. Read More »
Europa (1991) Lars von Trier, Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier

An American of German descent arrives in post-war Germany 1945. His uncle gets him a job on the Zentropa train line as a sleeping car conductor. Read More »
Night Train to Lisbon (2013) Bille August, Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston

This movie is about aging Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) of classical languages who Read More »
Little Paradise AKA Sommervögel (2010) Paul Riniker, Sabine Timoteo, Roeland Wiesnekker, Anna Thalbach

Annegret, is a mentally handicapped woman in her mid-thirties who falls in love with Res, an oldish slightly peculiar rocker. Read More »
Set Me Free / Emporte-moi (1999) Léa Pool, Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic

Canadian/Swiss/French production that tells the tale of Hannah, a tomboyish 13 year-old hitting puberty in 1963. Read More »
Gang of Four AKA La bande des quatre (1989) Jacques Rivette, Bulle Ogier, Benoît Régent, Fejria Deliba

A drama following 4 women at stage school. Read More »
The Lacemaker AKA La dentellière (1977) Claude Goretta, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Beneyton, Florence Giorgetti

Timid, discreet, and humble, the guileless nineteen-year-old assistant hairdresser, Pomme, lives with her doting mother and works in a Parisian beauty salon. Read More »