Swiss Films in Locarno Tuesday August 8th (swiss day)

7.8.2006

9h00 FEVI Compétition internationale
DAS FRÄULEIN de Andrea Staka
Following her debut at Locarno in 2002 in the Leopards of Tomorrow section, Andrea Staka returns with her first full-length fiction feature. With rare sensitivity, the film describes the complex situation of former Yugoslav citizens who have settled in Zurich, looking at both their everyday life in Switzerland and at the memory of a recent past, often tragic, often denied. In her film, Staka has produced a moving portrait of three generations of women, taking a searching look at people who live far from their homes, either because they were forced to leave them or because they no longer have a homeland.

11h00 La Sala Appellations Suisse
VITUS de Fredi M. Murer
Vitus is a boy who almost seems to be from another planet: He has hearing like a bat, he plays the 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 the workshop of his eccentric grandfather (Bruno Ganz). He dreams of flying and of a normal childhood. Finally, with one dramatic leap, Vitus takes control of his own life
(Vollmond, Höhenfeuer)

14h00 La Sala Léopards de demain Compétition Suisse 2
BECKENRAND de Michael Koch
JULES-AIMÉ PÉCLARD, DISTILLATEUR D'ESPRIT DE CLOCHER de Grégoire Mayor (A table / A l'arrière)
COUPÉ COURT de Hugo Veludo
FEDERER ET MOI de Robin Hersch
NOUVEL ORDRE de Ausonio Tavares de Sousa, Gregory Bindschedler, Jean-Daniel Schneider
THE YELLOW WALLPAPER de Andrea Oki

16h15 La Sala Cinéastes du Présent
LA TRADUCTRICE de Elena Hazanov
Ira, a young Russian, lives in Geneva and has never really got to know her motherland. She is taken on as a translator by the lawyer defending an alleged boss of the Russian mafia. The girl is soon fascinated by this powerful and educated man who seems to read her mind. The boss, if such he is, begins to manipulate her,
dragging her into a world both unknown and dangerous. When the girl realizes she has been manipulated, it may be too late, since danger often lurks where least expected. This is the second full-length feature from Geneva filmmaker Elena Hazanov, who was in the video competition at Locarno in 2001 with OTHELLO, LA TRAGEDIE ET LA FARCE and in the Leopards of Tomorrow sidebar the same year with INT. HOTEL NUIT.

18h30 L'altra Sala Semaine de la Critique
ZEIT DES ABSCHIEDS de Mehdi Sahebi

14h00 Forum
Présentation DVD Cinéma suisse de demain.
Masterclass avec l'actrice Marthe Keller

21h30 Piazza Grande
JEU de Georges Schwizgebel (court-métrage)
(Les peintures animées de Georges Schwizgebel)
MON FRERE DE MARIE de Jean-Stéphane Bron
The film is a comedy starring Aurore Clément, Jean-Luc Bideau and Cyril Troley, a wry and amusing look at the troubles of the Depierraz family and their soon-to-be-married adoptive son. Jean-Stéphane Bron has become a regular guest in Piazza Grande, where he scored a big success in 2003 with MAIS IM BUNDESHUUS - LE GENIE HELVETIQUE, a documentary thriller on the workings of democracy in Switzerland.

22h00 Rialto 1 Appellations Suisse
FRAGILE de Laurent Nègre
Having deliberately lost sight of each other because they do not get along, Sam and his sister Catherine must deal with their mother's (Marthe Keller) suicide. In the face of this tragedy, they have to come to terms with their sorrow and they find a way of resolving their differences.

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