Semret

Semret

Switzerland, August 2022
FILM, Fiction, 85 min.

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directed by
Caterina Mona
Written by
Caterina Mona
Status
In distribution
Website
https://www.cinedokke.ch/Semret-51264c00

Semret lives a modest and quite isolated life in Zurich with her teenage daughter Joe. She works at a hospital and is applying to a midwife training program. When Joe starts to ask about her own roots from Eritrea, Semret can no longer repress her past and has to confront her traumas. With the help of Yemane, a new hospital employee that is also an Eritrean refugee, she is finally able to face the tragic memories of her escape.

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World Premiere
August 2022
Original Version
Swiss-German, Tigrinya (english subtitles),  colour, DCP, 85 min.
ISAN
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Production
Cinédokké Sagl, Cineworx Filmproduktion Basel GmbH, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Michela Pini, Pascal Trächslin
directed by
Caterina Mona
Written by
Caterina Mona
Cinemato­graphy
Gabriel Sandru
Editing
Noemi Preiswerk
Location Sound Mix
Patrick Becker
Sound Editing
Patrick Becker
Sound Design
Patrick Becker
Music
Marcel Vaid
Production Design
Su Erdt

Cast

Lula Mebrahtu as Semret Dawit
Tedros Teclebrhan as Yemane Tesfai
Hermela Tekleab as Giovanna “Joe” Dawit
Fanuel Mengstab as Tesheme Tesfai
Manuela Biedermann as Doris Stauffer
Mehmet Ateşçi as Firat Kara
Mona Petri as Vanessa Bleuler
Barbara Colceriu as Isabel
Martha Fessehatzion as Mariam Abraha
Hermela Tecleab as Joe Dawit

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Pluto Film GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Cineworx GmbH Distribution
Release date: 25.08.2022

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