Finsteres Glück
Dark Fortune
L'éclipse du bonheur
Switzerland, November 2016
FILM,
Fiction,
114 min.
- directed by
- Stefan Haupt
- Written by
- Stefan Haupt
- Status
- In distribution
Late at night, the psychologist Eliane Hess is called to the hospital to take care of Yves, an eight-year-old boy, who just has lost his parents and siblings in a car accident. Eliane is both shocked and curiously drawn to the traumatized boy. As time goes by, she loses the professional distance to the patient, and when Yves’ relatives begin a heavy dispute about the boy's future, Eliane makes an unorthodox decision, that throws her life off track.
credits
- World Premiere
- November 2016
- Original Version
- Swiss-German (french/english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 114 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-109C-0000-1-0000-0000-Y
- Production
- Triluna Film AG, Fontana Film GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, Teleclub AG
- Producer
- Rudolf Santschi
- directed by
- Stefan Haupt
- Written by
- Stefan Haupt (based on the novel “Finsteres Glück” by Lukas Hartmann, published by Diogenes Verlag AG)
- Cinematography
- Tobias Dengler
- Editing
- Christof Schertenleib
- Sound Editing
- Guido Keller
- Sound Design
- Guido Keller
- Re-Recording Mix
- Guido Keller
- Music
- Tomas Korber
- Location Sound Mix
- Ivo Schläpfer
- Production Design
- Karin Giezendanner
- Lighting Design
- Peter Demmer
- Costumes
- Catherine Schneider
- Casting
- Corinna Glaus
Cast
Eleni Haupt
Noé Ricklin
Elisa Plüss
Chiara Carla Bär
Martin Hug
Peter Jecklin
Alice Flotron
Suly Röthlisberger
Rebecca Indermaur
Barbara Grimm
Rachel Braunschweig
Nurit Hirschfeld
Mona Petri
Sandra Utzinger
Thomas U. Hostettler
Lea Schmocker
Kay Kysela
Matthias Flückiger
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- WIDE
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
-
W-Film Distribution
Distribution
Release date: 16.08.2018 - North Macedonia
-
KT Film & Media
Distribution
Release date: 02.06.2017 - Switzerland
-
Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 17.11.2016
Awards
(a selection)
- Tallinn, PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival, Cross Religion Award (Ecumenical Jury) 2016 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Locarno, 70° Locarno Festival
02.08.2017 - 12.08.2017 -
Fünf-Seen-Land, 11. Fünf Seen Filmfestival
27.07.2017 - 05.08.2017 -
Shanghai, Shanghai International Film Festival
17.06.2017 - 26.06.2017 -
San Francisco, Berlin & Beyond Film Festival San Francisco
03.02.2017 - 08.02.2017 -
Göteborg, 40. Göteborg International Film Festival
27.01.2017 - 06.02.2017 -
Solothurn, 52. Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2017 - 26.01.2017 -
Tallinn, 20th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
11.11.2016 - 27.11.2016