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Tag Archives: Switzerland
Manon of the Spring / 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 »
Welcome to Germany (1988) Thomas Brasch

An US-based film director returns from the US to Germany, where he was forced Read More »
The Franc / 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 / 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 / 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 »
Devil in the Flesh / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / À corps perdu (1988) Léa Pool, Matthias Habich, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Michel Voïta

A war photographer returns home to Montréal to discover Read More »
Rice People / 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 »