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Tag Archives: Switzerland
Ready, Steady, Charlie! AKA Achtung, fertig, Charlie! (2003) Mike Eschmann, Michael Koch, Melanie Winiger, Myriam Aegerter
In a Swiss church, Antonio Carrera is getting married to the pretty daughter of an Italian Mafioso Read More »
Faces of Love AKA Repérages (1977) Michel Soutter, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Delphine Seyrig, Lea Massari
The director Victor decides to bring Chekhov’s play ‘The Three Sisters’ to the screen. Read More »
The Big Night AKA Le grand soir (1976) Francis Reusser, Niels Arestrup, Jacqueline Parent, Arnold Walter
In Lausanne, Léon is involved by accident with a small Leninist group Read More »
Jenatsch (1987) Daniel Schmid, Michel Voïta, Christine Boisson, Vittorio Mezzogiorno
A journalist is assigned to interview an eccentric anthropologist who has exhumed Read More »
Oltre il confine (2002) Rolando Colla, Anna Galiena, Senad Basic, Giuliano Persico
Turin 1993. The architect Agnese is called to the home for war Read More »
Ich betone oben ohne – Das Go Go Girl vom Blow Up (1969) Rolf Olsen, Eddi Arent, Gunther Philipp, Ruedi Walter
Medical student Monique Brahm moves from Berlin to Munich to live Read More »
The Chorus AKA Les choristes (2004) Christophe Barratier, Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier
Pierre (Jean-Baptiste Maunier) is an aimless child at an austere boarding school in France. Read More »
Anonymes (2009) Raja Amari, Hafsia Herzi, Sondos Belhassen, Wassila Dari
Aicha, Radia and their mother live removed from the world in the underground Read More »
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden AKA Greta – Haus ohne Männer (1977) Jesús Franco, Dyanne Thorne, Lina Romay, Angela Ritschard
After the mysterious disappearance of her sister, a desperate young woman goes Read More »
Manon of the Spring AKA Manon des sources (1986) Claude Berri, Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil
A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy Read More »
Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany (1988) Thomas Brasch, Tony Curtis, Katharina Thalbach, Matthias Habich
An US-based film director returns from the US to Germany, where he was forced Read More »
The Franc AKA Le franc (1994) Djibril Diop Mambéty, Dieye Ma, Aminata Fall, Demba Bâ
A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door Read More »
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 »