Früher oder später
Sooner or Later
Tôt ou tard
Switzerland, October 2003
FILM,
Documentary,
93 min.
- directed by
- Jürg Neuenschwander
- Written by
- Jürg Neuenschwander, Nicolas Broccard
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.frueheroderspaeter.ch / www.soonerorlater.ch
Thought-provoking and moving, “sooner or later” explores life's only inevitability, death. Jürg Neuenschwander's camera takes us into the hospital rooms, morgues and homes where life comes to pass. A young couple saying their last goodbyes to their newborn son or the teenager coming to terms with a fatal disease: the film accompanies those affected by death, and compares our western attitude to death with that in Tibetan culture. Final goodbyes from life are universally painful and difficult, and Neuenschwander's sensitive film subtly reminds us of our own mortality.
credits
- World Premiere
- October 2003
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, Tibetan, colour, 35mm, 93 min.
- Production
- Carac Film AG, ARTE G.E.I.E., SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Teleclub AG, Container Film AG
- Producer
- Theres Scherer-Kollbrunner
- directed by
- Jürg Neuenschwander
- Written by
- Jürg Neuenschwander, Nicolas Broccard
- Cinematography
- Philippe Cordey
- Editing
- Regina Bärtschi
- Location Sound Mix
- Ingrid Städeli
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Carac Film AG , Container Film AG
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Filmcoopi Zürich AG
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Lisbon, 19th IndieLisboa International Film Festival
28.04.2022 - 08.05.2022 -
Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival
19.05.2004 - 24.05.2004 -
Sunny Side of the Doc
26.06.2003 - 28.06.2003