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Vitus (international)

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Vitus
CH 2006 120'
Director: Fredi M. Murer
Script: Peter Luisi, Fredi M. Murer, Lukas B. Suter
Camera: Pio Corradi
Sound: Hugo Poletti, Jürg von Allmen
Editing: Myriam Flury
Music: Mario Beretta
Production: Christian Davi, Christof Neracher, Fredi M. Murer
With: Teo Gheorghiu, Bruno Ganz, Julika Jenkins, Ursula Jucker, Fabrizio Borsani

Die ViTUSmacher
CH 2006 55'
Director: Rolf Lyssy
Script: Rolf Lyssy
Camera: Rolf Lyssy
Sound: Rainer Flury, Roland Widmer
Editing: Mirjam Krakenberger
Production: Christian Davi

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Bottom Line: This story of a child prodigy is Academy Award bait.
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Vitus (international)

Fredi M. Murer

Swiss Film Prize 2007: Best fiction film

Vitus is a boy who almost seems to be from another planet: He has hearing like a bat, he plays piano like a virtuoso and studies encyclopaedias at the age of five. No wonder his parents begin to anticipate a brilliant future for him. They want Vitus to become a pianist. However, the little genius prefers to play in his eccentric grandfather’s workshop. He dreams of lying and of a normal childhood. Ultimately, with one dramatic leap, Vitus takes control of his own life…

Die ViTUSmacher

Rolf Lyssy tells the story of how the film VITUS was produced. Lyssy has created a lovely and astute documentation which, if it were from Hollywood, would probably be called the “extended making of”. The film behind (or parallel to) VITUS, is an august, artful act of friendship between two film directors, thus resulting in much more than a technical explanation of making a film.

Bottom Line: This story of a child prodigy is Academy Award bait.

By Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporer

"Although a tad sentimental, VITUS is charming and smart in how it deals with its fascinating central character, a very young child prodigy, and the problems he experiences because of his overheated brain power. The film certainly would play well in upscale North American specialty venues. And as Switzerland's entry in the foreign-language Oscar derby, it could land a nomination because the Academy committee loves films about grandfathers and grandchildren.
VITUS is a wunderkind who reads books at age 5, calculates math in his head and plays the piano like a virtuoso. Two rather remarkable children play this character - 6-year-old Fabrizio Borsani and 12-year-old Teo Gheorghiu, both amazing pianists and good actors to boot.
Vitus' parents (Julika Jenkins and Urs Jucker) are thrilled by their son's astonishing abilities. They see a bright future for him as a musician. In the mother's case, she might be counting on it too much."
Vitus, though, is often unhappy and even downright cheeky as school fails to challenge him. What he most desperately wants is to be "normal." He sometimes accomplishes this by hanging out with his cheerful, eccentric grandfather (the great Swiss actor Bruno Ganz), who loves to tinker in his workshop building flying machines. Then one day, using a flying machine, Vitus takes the leap that will allow him to take control of his life.
Written by Peter Luisi, Fredi M. Murer and Lukas B. Suter and directed by Murer, "Vitus" ably mixes the comic and dramatic situations arising from this story.
A fine cast, even in smaller roles, is alert to all the subtle possibilities in the intriguing story. And the third act is a doozy with a great payoff involving the boy and his granddad. Yet the central attraction is Vitus himself, a wonderful, often quite funny character to be around.

Fredi M. Murer

Born in 1940 in Beckenried. Studied photography at the Schule für Gestaltung, Zurich. Contributed to the EXPO 64. 1970 Visiting professor at the Gilford Arts School, London. 1975-76 Studied in the USA. Since 1967 independent filmmaker and producer in Zurich. 1992-96 President of the Swiss Filmmakers’ Association.

2006 VITUS
2004 DOWNTOWN SWITZERLAND
1998 VOLLMOND
1990 DER GRÜNE BERG
1985 HÖHENFEUER
1978 GRAUZONE
1974 WIR BERGLER IN DEN BERGEN SIND EIGENTLICH NICHT SCHULD, DASS WIR DA SIND
1971 PASSAGEN
1969 SAD-IS-FICTION
1966 BERNHARD LUGINBÜHL
1966 CHICOREE
1965 PAZIFIK – ODER DIE ZUFRIEDENEN
1965 BALANCE
1962 MARCEL

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2008 DECADRAGES 12: DOSSIER FREDI M. MURER
1981 FREDI M. MURER

Rolf Lyssy

Born in 1936 in Zurich. Trained to be a photographer. 1956-63 Assistant cameraman on documentary and feature films. Works as a cameraman, editor, writer and director.

2009 HARD(YS) LIFE
2006 DIE VITUSMACHER
2004 WAEG VO DE GASS
2002 SCHREIBEN GEGEN DEN TOD
1999 LEO STERNBACH
1994 EIN KLARER FALL
1992 EIN TROMMLER IN DER WÜSTE
1989 LEO SONNYBOY
1983 TEDDY BÄR
1981 KASSETTENLIEBE
1978 DIE SCHWEIZERMACHER
1974 KONFRONTATION
1971 VITA PARCOEUR
1968 EUGEN HEISST WOHLGEBOREN

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