Margherita Schoch

The Black Brothers (2014)

Up until the middle of the 19Th century, poverty stricken mountain farmers from the Ticino area of Switzerland frequently sold their children to Milan as chimney sweeps or spazzacamini. That is also young Giorgios fate. He is forced to climb through pitch black ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Koller
CAST:  Moritz Bleibtreu  •  Waldemar Kobus  •  Richy Müller  •  Fynn Henkel

Up until the middle of the 19Th century, poverty stricken mountain farmers from the Ticino area of Switzerland frequently sold their children to Milan as chimney sweeps or spazzacamini. That is also young Giorgios fate. He is forced to climb through pitch black ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Koller
CAST:  Moritz Bleibtreu  •  Waldemar Kobus  •  Richy Müller  •  Fynn Henkel

Walking to Paris

The 27 year-old Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi walked from Romania to Paris in 1903 and 1904 as a preparation and prelude to becoming the most important sculptor of the 20th century. Brancusi leaves his small village of Hobitza, south of the Carpathian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Greenaway
CAST:  Emun Elliott  •  Carla Juri  •  Manuela Biedermann  •  Judith Niethammer

The 27 year-old Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi walked from Romania to Paris in 1903 and 1904 as a preparation and prelude to becoming the most important sculptor of the 20th century. Brancusi leaves his small village of Hobitza, south of the Carpathian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Greenaway
CAST:  Emun Elliott  •  Carla Juri  •  Manuela Biedermann  •  Judith Niethammer

Terminal (2019)

An 80-year-old woman spends her time at a bus station. She’s waiting for the right moment to leave this place forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Allamand
CAST:  Margherita Schoch  •  Lotti Happle  •  Suramira Vos  •  Maria Rebecca Sautter

An 80-year-old woman spends her time at a bus station. She’s waiting for the right moment to leave this place forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Allamand
CAST:  Margherita Schoch  •  Lotti Happle  •  Suramira Vos  •  Maria Rebecca Sautter

Brothers Again (2019)

Franco, an elderly man, lives his life in serenity together with his wife Margherita. The arrival of his brother Vittorio, with whom he hasn’t talked in years, breaks the calm. Vittorio wants to reconcile, but Franco still bears a grudge against him. Only a sad ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola
CAST:  Gianni Quillico  •  Danilo Seregni  •  Margherita Schoch  •  Sergio Bazzurri

Franco, an elderly man, lives his life in serenity together with his wife Margherita. The arrival of his brother Vittorio, with whom he hasn’t talked in years, breaks the calm. Vittorio wants to reconcile, but Franco still bears a grudge against him. Only a sad ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola
CAST:  Gianni Quillico  •  Danilo Seregni  •  Margherita Schoch  •  Sergio Bazzurri

The Girl and the Spider (2021)

Lisa is moving. Upheaval all around: Her mother flirts with a handyman. An eccentric woman seems to be preparing for a glamorous event, a family next door returns from vacation, and a girl documents the adventurous day. As boxes are transported, walls painted white ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ramon Zürcher  •  Silvan Zürcher
CAST:  Henriette Confurius  •  Liliane Amuat  •  Ursina Lardi  •  Flurin Giger

Lisa is moving. Upheaval all around: Her mother flirts with a handyman. An eccentric woman seems to be preparing for a glamorous event, a family next door returns from vacation, and a girl documents the adventurous day. As boxes are transported, walls painted white ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ramon Zürcher  •  Silvan Zürcher
CAST:  Henriette Confurius  •  Liliane Amuat  •  Ursina Lardi  •  Flurin Giger

The Station In-Between (2021)

Theo and Louis, two gay gentlemen, embark on a train journey to Paxmal. They are carrying an urn - it is the last journey for a friend. On their way deep into the Swiss Alps the two men, struggling with their fate, meet various people. While some of these people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sven Schnyder
CAST:  Carlos Leal  •  Peter Fischli  •  Clovis Kasanda  •  Margherita Schoch

Theo and Louis, two gay gentlemen, embark on a train journey to Paxmal. They are carrying an urn - it is the last journey for a friend. On their way deep into the Swiss Alps the two men, struggling with their fate, meet various people. While some of these people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sven Schnyder
CAST:  Carlos Leal  •  Peter Fischli  •  Clovis Kasanda  •  Margherita Schoch

A Forgotten Man (2022)

Spring 1945, Heinrich Zwygart, Swiss ambassador to Germany flees bombed-out Berlin after eight years of service in the capital of the Reich. This is the end of a terrible mandate, during which he had to make fatal compromises to preserve the neutrality and security ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Nègre
CAST:  Michael Neuenschwander  •  Manuela Biedermann  •  Yann Philipona  •  Cléa Eden

Spring 1945, Heinrich Zwygart, Swiss ambassador to Germany flees bombed-out Berlin after eight years of service in the capital of the Reich. This is the end of a terrible mandate, during which he had to make fatal compromises to preserve the neutrality and security ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Nègre
CAST:  Michael Neuenschwander  •  Manuela Biedermann  •  Yann Philipona  •  Cléa Eden