Nilou
Germany / Switzerland, October 2009
FILM,
Fiction,
24 min.
- directed by
- Amir Hamz
- Written by
- Amir Hamz
- Status
- In distribution
Nilou is a big Switzerland fan and works at a beauty salon in Tehran, but she is not happy. At home, things are not much better: her relatives are urging her to get married. By accident, a mysterious vendor sells her a book on Swiss language. Nilou begins studying and her grandmother makes her a gift: a journey to Switzerland. But Switzerland has four official languages, and Nilou has been studying the least used: Rumantsch. When she arrives in Zurich, she quickly realises: no one understands her.
credits
- World Premiere
- October 2009
- Original Version
- Raeto-Romance, Persian, German (english subtitles), colour, Digi Beta, 24 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-5A90-0000-3
- Production
- Augenblick Films, RTR Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha
- Producer
- Anna Thayenthal, Amir Hamz
- directed by
- Amir Hamz
- Written by
- Amir Hamz
- Cinematography
- Simon Guy Fässler
- Editing
- Claude Thommen, Sebastian Bruns
- Sound Editing
- Jan Cziharz, Leo Brunnsteiner
- Sound Design
- Jan Cziharz, Leo Brunnsteiner
- Re-Recording Mix
- Martin Grube
- Music
- Frank Haim Ilfman
- Location Sound Mix
- Marco Teufen, Vahid Hadjiloo
- Production Design
- Leonie Morgenthaler
- Lighting Design
- Matthias Pilz
- Costumes
- Leonie Morgenthaler
- Casting
- Anna Madeleine
Cast
Elmira Rafizadeh as Nilou
Hassan Amiri as Bookseller
Efat Rasulinegat as Grandmother
Esther von Arx as receptionist
Aki Allahgholi as Barkeeper
Nadia Eshkewari as Mrs. Karimi
Mahsa Abdol Maleki as Beauty salon client
Farah Tabatabai as Nilou's mother
Jale Azam Azmoon as Mrs. Salehi
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Augenblick Films
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
-
Augenblick Films
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Emmentaler Filmtage
14.10.2011 - 16.10.2011 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2010 - 28.01.2010