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F. est un salaud

De Fögi isch en Souhund

Switzerland / France, August 1999
FILM, Fiction, 92 min.

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directed by
Marcel Gisler
Written by
Marcel Gisler, Rudolf Nadler
Status
In distribution
Queer Cinema

Beni, a 16-year-old schoolboy from Zurich, has fallen in love with Fögi, a rock musician, eight years his senior. It is Beni’s first love and he is ready to sacrifice himself to the extent of becoming the slave and dogsbody of his rather disturbed friend. He goes so far as to prostitute himself in order to finance their life together, and Fögi’s drug habit. Fögi begins to fall to pieces both mentally and physically when his band breaks up and his best friend Töbe commits suicide. It becomes increasingly difficult for Beni to continue devoting himself to the cult of his unique idol. He does remain true to the end however, and indeed decides to join his friend in death. Beni survives however to tell this story, which takes place at the beginning of the 70's.

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World Premiere
August 1999
Original Version
French (german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 92 min.
Production
Vega Film, Arena Films, Avventura Films SA
Producer
Ruth Waldburger
directed by
Marcel Gisler
Written by
Marcel Gisler, Rudolf Nadler (based on the novel by Martin Frank)
Editing
Bettina Böhler
Sound Editing
Florian Eidenbenz
Re-Recording Mix
Florian Eidenbenz
Location Sound Mix
Ingrid Städeli
Production Design
Hanspeter Remund
Lighting Design
Christoph Eser

Cast

Fréderic Andrau
Martin Schenkel
Urs Peter Halter
Gilles Tschudi
Sebastian Krähenbühl

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Vega Film

Worldwide Distribution

France
Pierre Grise Distribution Distribution
Release date: tba
Germany
ARD TV Rights
Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Release date: tba

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