Acting
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
La Guerre Dans le Haut Pays is a period piece set in the winter of 1797-98, during the six days leading up to the fall of Bern and the victory of Napoleon's army, when the Bern government is faced with mixed loyalties from its subjects. The population of the lower valley is divided, but the upper region remains loyal, since they have been given special autonomy and a favorable system of taxation. David, a postman, works between the two regions. His father, who is a hard-line conservative, does not approve of his relationship with Julie, who is from the lower part of the valley. Julie's father, on the other hand, is more open to the new ideas of liberation. As a result of his work, David is exposed to new ideas and becomes a believer in equality and justice.
Juliette refuses to go to school. She doesn’t want to walk through those hostile doors. The girls at school push her around, they make her life miserable. She is unwilling to live anymore, because living makes her suffer. Only her tender imagination allows Juliette to escape this anxious reality.
Forty-eight-year-old Alain Evrard is obliged to return home to live with his mother. This situation causes all the violence of their past relationship to rise to the surface. Alain then discovers that his mother has a fatal illness. In the last months of her life, will they finally be capable of taking a step toward each other?
Elisa, 65, has felt very lonely since her husband passed away 10 years ago. So she decides to rent a room in her residence to Clémentine, a young student who recently broke up with her boyfriend. The two women quickly form a strong bond and help each other rediscover their zest for life. Elsa also meets Antoine, the CEO of a large company, but from the outset, they don't hit it off at all!
