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SWISS FILMS

Im Nordwind

Im Nordwind

Fiction, 93 min.

Title E:North Wind
Title F:Vent du Nord
Title I:Viento del norte
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by Bettina Oberli

Switzerland, September 2004

The film takes place in Switzerland at a time when New Economy reaches this small – once so secure and safe – country. Erwin Graf leads a middle class life in a middle class town. He has a wife and a daughter and a job like everyone else. Suddenly he is sacked after twenty years of working for the same company. Erwin is shattered and decides to keep his unemployment secret. He hopes to find a new job in a few days and in the meantime pretends to go off to work each morning. But as time goes by without any success he gets more and more depressed. His change of mood doesn’t go unnoticed at home and soon affects his relationships. The tension is unbearable. It’s the daughter who finally manages to unlock the held back emotions of her parents.

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Directed by: Bettina Oberli
Written by: Bettina Oberli

World Premiere: September 2004
Original Version: Swiss-German, colour, 35mm, BlowUp, 93 min.

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Production: Catpics Coproductions AG, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Teleclub AG
Producer: Alfi Sinniger

Cinematography: Stéphane Kuthy
Editing: Michael Schaerer
Sound: Patrick Becker
Music: Luk Zimmermann
Art Direction: Doris Berger
Lighting: Salvatore Piazzitta, Urs Schmid
Costumes: Catherine Schneider
Casting: Corinna Glaus

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André Jung
 
Judith Hofmann
 
Aiko Scheu
 
Corsin Gaudenz
 
Peter Arens
 
Jean-Pierre Cornu
 

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World Rights: Catpics AG

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Distribution Switzerland: Columbus Film AG

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  • Schwerin, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, NDR-Regiepreis 2005
  • Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Prize, Best Fiction Film 2005 (Nomination)
  • Zürich, Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2004

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