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Tag Archives: Switzerland
Marie-Louise (1944) Leopold Lindtberg, Hermann Haller, Josiane Hegg, Germaine Tournier, Heinrich Gretler

Amidst the Nazi invasion of France in 1942, a young girl is evacuated to Switzerland Read More »
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet / Lumumba: La mort du prophète (1991) Raoul Peck, Patrice Lumumba

Documentary about African political leader Patrice Lumumba Read More »
The Dead AKA Los muertos (2004) Lisandro Alonso, Argentino Vargas, Francisco Dornez, Yolanda Galarza

Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Read More »
Film Socialism AKA Film socialisme (2010) Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Agatha Couture, Mathias Domahidy

A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations, in numerous languages Read More »
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 »
The Pearl Button AKA El botón de nácar (2015) Patricio Guzmán, Martín Calderón, Cristina

The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Read More »