Blind Date

Switzerland, May 2006
FILM, Fiction, 23 min.

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directed by
Philippe Saire
Written by
Philippe Saire
Status
In distribution
Website
www.philippesaire.ch

Filmed in an industrial area of Lausanne inhabited by prostitutes and workers at a freight train station, this film utilizes the abstract language of dance in a setting which is concrete and real. The film tells of a quest. Mika, a young man completely bound by the constraints of his job and society, has the impression that because money is tight, he must renounce the things he longs for in life. Following an automobile accident, his girlfriend dies, as does he – following a brief struggle for his life. This moment of resistance unfolds in the film, becoming a poetic digression on the difficulty of “letting go”.

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World Premiere
May 2006
Original Version
French,  colour, Digi Beta, 23 min.
Production
SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
directed by
Philippe Saire
Written by
Philippe Saire
Cinemato­graphy
Hans Meier
Editing
Orsola Valenti
Music
Christy Doran
Location Sound Mix
Orsola Valenti, Vincent Kappeler
Production Design
Philippe Saire, Thomas Beck
Lighting Design
Greg Pedat, Antoine Meier
Costumes
Isabelle Boucharlat
Casting
Philippe Saire

Cast

Mickaël Henrotay Delaunay
Mike Winter
Sun-Hye Hur
Mariusz Jedrzejewski
Philippe Chosson

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Distribution
Release date: tba
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