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Der Onkel vom Meer

The Uncle Who Came From The Sea
L'oncle venu de la mer

Switzerland / Germany, January 2000
FILM, Fiction, 87 min.

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directed by
Marie-Louise Bless
Written by
Marie-Louise Bless
Status
In distribution

Summer in the sixties. Like every year, 11year old Lisa and her brother Willy spend their time either at the swimming pool or in the backyards of the working class area where they live. Anna, their mother works as a waitress to provide for the fatherless children and the grandmother. The relationship between Lisa and her mother is already bad, and gets even worse, when Anna announces her intention to marry Albert. Lisa sets out to do all she can to spoil the marrige plans while Oma, who will have to go to an Old People's Home, refuses to get out of bed. Their lives have been turned upside down. Lisa suddenly feels chaotic and finds everything confusing: Antonio, the young Italian, who awakens disturbing feelings in her, the suddenly aggresive local boys and her mother, who forbids her to see Antonio again.

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World Premiere
January 2000
Original Version
Swiss-German (french subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 87 min.
Production
Silvia Filmproduktion AG, Tiger TV GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SWR – Südwestrundfunk
Producer
Valerie Fischer
directed by
Marie-Louise Bless
Written by
Marie-Louise Bless (in collaboration with Ralf Zöller)
Editing
Regina Bärtschi
Sound Editing
Florian Eidenbenz
Re-Recording Mix
Florian Eidenbenz
Location Sound Mix
Ingrid Städeli
Production Design
Susanne Jauch
Lighting Design
Ernst Brunner

Cast

Agnes Dünneisen
Ueli Jäggi

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Silvia Filmproduktion AG

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Release date: tba

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