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A young actress's sudden enthusiasm for yodeling is dampened when she encounters the extremely traditional roots of this folk custom. She continues to practice yodeling, but cannot avoid facing the consequences of her actions and searching for a path between the present and the past. A remarkable, largely entertaining documentary feature film about a folk custom that is often ridiculed, especially by younger people.
Whether in rock, pop, rap or slam: the people of Bern have dominated the dialect music scene in German-speaking Switzerland for many years. Why does Bern rock Switzerland?
Max and Chrige, a married couple of Swiss linguists, hike the Alps searching for rare words still uttered by the rural population. While on his way to a conference, the husband's plane disappears over the sea. Chrige is advised to give up hope of ever seeing him alive, but her heart tells her otherwise. Max comes ashore on a tropical island with another survivor, the plane's pilot. But where are they in reality?
Bern, 1980: A caleidoscopic portrait of Swiss urban life in the early 1980s.
In Bern, a confluence of events forces Max, a radio commentator, to face the personal sense of frustration he feels in politics, his job and his relationship. A veteran of the ’68 generation, he confronts the demise of that utopian dream, breaking the bonds of his dreary existence during one night.
Two younger musicians are wondering where there pop star careers went after becoming fathers. So they decide to meet older musicians from the Swiss scene, from Hardy Hepp to Barry Window, from DĂĽde DĂĽrst to Valerie Claus, from Christine Lauterburg to Bruno Spoerri, incorporating musicians from other and earlier scenes.
Heavily improvised fairy-tale voyage in Italy involving a bickering Swiss couple and a magic liqueur.
Christine (Christine Lauterburg) is fed up with her uptight boyfriend Max (Max Rüdlinger) and his grumpy roommates, so she decides to spend the summer in Umbria with her friend Olga. While Olga is buried in her translation work, Christine goes out on the town with Olga’s cousin. He has made a lucrative business out of trading ceramics and zips around in a sleek Alfa Romeo.
