Septemberwind
September winds
Il vento di settembre – Storie di migranti
Switzerland, April 2002
FILM,
Documentary,
105 min.
- directed by
- Alexander J. Seiler
- Written by
- Katharina Bürgi, Alexander J. Seiler
- Status
- In distribution
Forty years after “Siamo ialiani”, the author devotes himself to several of the “foreign workers” who had flocked to Switzerland from southern Italy. The young couple of once-upon-a-time have retired and are now back in their homeland in Apulia enjoying the fruits of their working days abroad – and also yearning for a visit from their children who live in Switzerland. It is not only the second generation Italians in Switzerland who feel as if they are “half-Swiss, half-Italian”: Some of the former migrants, though they have returned to Apulia, find themselves most often “in Switzerland” in their thoughts. “I am constantly missing something”, says the 40-year old Anna. “Distance and desire tear at the heart” – is how the 65-year-old Tonuccio sums up the life of the migrants.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2002
- Original Version
- Italian, German (italian/german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 105 min.
- Production
- ventura film sa
- Producer
- directed by
- Alexander J. Seiler
- Written by
- Katharina Bürgi, Alexander J. Seiler
- Cinematography
- Pio Corradi
- Editing
- Rainer M. Trinkler
- Location Sound Mix
- Nicola Bellucci
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- ventura film sa
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Filmcoopi Zürich AG
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
20.01.2003 - 26.01.2003 -
Nyon, Visions du réel - Festival int. du cinéma documentaire
22.04.2002 - 28.04.2002