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BERESINA ODER DIE LETZTEN TAGE DER SCHWEIZ
Synopsis
Irina, a Russian call girl who ends up in a fairy tale land in the Alps, falls completely under its spell. She increasingly has dealings with a clientele from the worlds of business, politics, the military and the media, trusting her affairs to a shyster lawyer and his woman friend. In faraway Russia a family clan keenly follows her social climb. Pressed into service as an informer, Irina finds herself completely lost in what for her remains an impenetrable labyrinth of interest groups. Finding herself blackmailed she is left with no choice but to spy on her clients, uncovering a number of unsavoury anecdotes. Threatened with expulsion and acting on a misunderstanding and totally unaware of the consequences of what she is about to undertake, Irina sets in motion a plan to overthrow the government - a plan concocted many years earlier by an obscure political organisation: the Beresina Alarm. The fate of the heroine, and indeed of the whole country, begins to take an unexpected turn.
Daniel SCHMID
Credits
- Kathrin BRUNNER - Set Designer
- Daniel SCHMID - Director
- Martin SUTER - Screenplay
- Renato BERTA - Cinematography
- Carl HAENGGI - Music
- Daniela RODERER - Film Editor
Actors
The Official Selection 1999
Un Certain Regard
- AS BODAS DE DEUS
- AWAY WITH WORDS
- BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
- BERESINA ODER DIE LETZTEN TAGE DER SCHWEIZ
- BOOTLEG FILM
- EL AKHAR
- GARAGE OLIMPO
- HAREM SUARE
- IF I GIVE YOU MY HUMBLENESS, DON'T TAKE AWAY MY PRIDE
- JUDY BERLIN
- LA GENESE
- LES PASSAGERS
- MARANA SIMHASANAM
- NADIA ET LES HIPPOPOTAMES
- PEAU NEUVE
- RATCATCHER
- SICILIA!
- SO CLOSE TO PARADISE
- THE PERSONNALS
- THE SHADE
- THE WINSLOW BOY
- VANAPRASTHAM
- XING FU JIN XING QU