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UNLIKELY HEROES
(SCHWEIZER HELDEN)
by Peter Luisi
Switzerland 2014 94 min. Swiss-German original version with English subtitles
sat 22 nov 8:00 pm Caligari FilmBühne
Script: Peter Luisi, Jürgen Ladenburger, DoP: Nicolò Settegrana, Editor: Patrick Zähringer, Bigna Tomschin, Production: Spotlight Media Productions AG, Producer: Peter Luisi, Cast: Esther Gemsch, Karim Rahoma, Komi Mizrajim Togbonou, Klaus Wildbolz, Newroz Baz
Sabine is slightly down on her luck. Her kids are on vacation, her husband has left her, and things aren’t going very well at work. Over Christmas, she decides to volunteer at a refugee camp, preparing a play with the residents in time for New Year’s. While Sabine concentrates on directing the group, the asylum seekers have other problems to deal with: staying in the country, love, family and – the German language.
"(…) the embodiment of a Helvetic compromize-comedy. But: It’s funny." (www.cineman.ch)
Biography: Peter Luisi, born 1975 in Zurich/Switzerland, studied Film Production at the University of California in Santa Cruz. With his feature films VERFLIXT VERLIEBT, LOVE MADE EASY, DER SANDMANN [THE SANDMAN], and BOYS ARE US as well as co-writer of Fredi Murer’s VITUS, he has made a name for himself. The films he directed were awarded with the Zurich Film Prize, nine nominations for the Swiss Film Prize, the Jury and Audience Award at the Max Ophüls Film Festival as well as over 25 other prizes. His new film SCHWEIZER HELDEN [UNLIKELY HEROES] will have its theatrical release in Switzerland in November 2014.
Filmography: 2004 VERFLIXT VERLIEBT, 2006 LOVE MADE EASY, 2010 THE APPRENTICE (short film), 2011 DER SANDMANN [THE SANDMAN], 2012 BOYS ARE US, 2014 SCHWEIZER HELDEN [UNLIKELY HEROES]
Awards: Audience Award (Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland 2014)
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