Switzerland

A struggling musician sets out to find the legendary guitar maker Elmore Silk, with whom he hopes to strike a deal to make himself rich and famous.Read More »

Quote:
Marcel Martin, International Critics Week (Cannes 1974):
This is the most perfectly Brechtian film to come along in some time. This qualification, unfortunately too often used up, is here in evidence in the treatment of the image and the sound (use of intertitles and of off- screen voice) as well as in the conception of the entire work. The Death of the Flea Circus Director is a kind of political fable.Read More »

Two teenage sisters are about to leave their country forever when they unexpectedly reconnect with an absent father. This relationship will both amplify and ease their pain of change.Read More »

Synopsis:
The Way Things Go (German: Der Lauf der Dinge) is a film about a Heath Robinson-/Rube Goldberg-type machine. It was created in 1987 by the Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss. The machine is in a warehouse, about 100 feet long, and incorporates materials such as tires, trash bags, ladders, soap, oil drums, and gasoline. Fire and pyrotechnics are probably the most common elements used. The film is nearly 29 minutes, 45 seconds long, but much of that is waiting for something to burn, or slowly slide down a ramp.Read More »

A Swiss-German horror film with Klaus Kinski as the notorious Jack the Ripper. A respected doctor by day, Kinski dismembers London prostitutes by night, until the local Inspector’s girlfriend (Josephine Chaplin) goes undercover to catch him.Read More »

Synopsis:
Young and pretty Marie believes she’s responsible for the death of her little daughter and became a self pleasure addict to keep her mind from reliving the terrible event. Her aloof husband – an unemployed trader – suggests using her addiction to become a money earning camgirl. At first horrified by what she considers prostitution, Mary soon accepts and confronts people who contribute to destroy her and others who help rebuilding herself.Read More »

Mathieu and Bruno are friends. One is a theatre actor, the other a mechanic. They want to leave Switzerland but Mathieu meets Pauline, a successful actress passing through Geneva. A film about the desire for escape among a hesitant and bitter generation, caught up in contradictory aspirations under capitalism.Read More »

“An almost forgotten little thriller with the great Bruno Ganz…”

Synopsis:
Former bank manager Bruno, who now works as a gardener, seeks revenge on his old bank. After he saves the life of the unemployed Stefano, he sees him and his girlfriend Maria as the ideal accomplices for his plan. Together they want to rob the bank where Bruno once worked and thus fight for a new life.Read More »

On the stage of her high school drama class 17-year-old Sarah gives it all. When she performs, there is an instant of suspense in which she appears to transform completely into her character. But what lies behind Sarah’s radical stage presence? A dark secret she is trying to express, a claustrophobic family environment, the longing for a boyfriend, a friend, someone she can confide in. The more Sarah expresses this desire, the more she ends up alienating the people willing to get close to her. The downfall of an outsider and her incessant struggle to escape solitude.Read More »