f_filmsBack Pastry, Pain & Politics, CH 1998

Inhalt

An elderly Jewish couple from New York, the Weintraubs, have a row about their holiday. Ellen wants to travel to Israel at all costs, Fritz says it’s too hot there, Fritz gets his way. Not that Ellen wants anything to do with Switzerland from whose borders she was turned back during the war. Anyway, it turns out to be the hottest summer of the century, even hotter than in Israel, and Fritz is taken ill with heart problems. In fact, he receives emergency treatment. But Hayat, one of the nurses looking after the patients, is a Palestinian, making Fritz all the more apoplectic. No way does he want to be treated by a „terrorist“. For her part, Hayat thinks all Jews are land robbers and murderers. Let the exchange of (verbal) blows begin.
No love story with an obligatory happy end, Pastry, Pain & Politics is a comedy with bite. It has won many awards in Switzerland.


Credits & Daten

Regie / Directed by / Réalisation
Stina Werenfels

Regie-Assistenz / Assistant director / Assistant réalisateur
Sophie Heldmann

Drehbuch / Screenplay / Scénario
Stina Werenfels

Kamera / Camera / Image
Patrick Cady

Bauten / Art direction / Décors
Karin Trauffer

Kostüme / Costume design / Costumes
Sybille Welti

Schnitt / Editing / Montage
Sabine Krayenbühl

Ton / Sound / Son
Martin Stricker

Musik / Music / Musique
Peter Bräker

Darsteller / Cast / Interprétation
Viola Harris, Jack Carter, Neza Selbuz, Stefan Rutz, Renate Schroeter, Klaus Henner Russius, Hanspeter Müller

Verleih / Distribution / Distribution
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG (CH)

Festival-Aufführung / Festival screening / Projection festival
1999 Dortmund: femme totale

Filmformat / Format / Format
16mm; Ton, Farbe

Länge / Length / Durée
30 min.

Filmart / Type / Genre
Kurz-Spielfilm

Information / Data Source / Source d'Information
Filmfestival femme totale, Dortmund

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