Manfred Liechti

After the death of his mother, Peter K. is threatened with eviction from her home where he cared for her. He struggles to defend his refuge from his estranged sister, the city government, and finally, armed po- lice. His conspiracy theories and writings spiral into a violent reality, making him a renegade celebrity. His growing fear and solitude bring on childhood nightmares, while his court battle reveals a dark family past.

Four Swiss pensioners spend their retirement in Bali for economic reasons. In their luggage they carry memories and unresolved conflicts that have little to do with their new surroundings. And when one of them runs out of money even in cheap exile and the other, who draws a fat pension, faces death, they decide on a bold plan: to exchange their lives.

Katrina dreamed of having children with Louis first, then married his best friend Ron. Louis's head is transplanted onto Ron's body after the two are involved in a serious car accident. What will become of Katrina's dream now?

In the far future, a professor of quantum physics is about to undergo surgery to remove his brain tumor, and is offered a backup of his brain for safety reasons.

The fight between an elderly man and a mosquito. How far a decent citizen in our civilization is willing to go to kill a small insect.

“Luxury, luxury, luxury… and not to be so alone.” Vanessa wants to spend her holiday at a comfortable resort. However, due to a booking error at the travel agents, Vanessa ends up on a barren desert island. The next ship doesn’t arrive for another week, so until then she has to cope with oddball lighthouse keeper Stanislav, and the highly unconventional and nonchalant Sebastian, who also has a right to the only shabby guest room. There’s no escape from this island – and the three gradually get to know each other over schnapps and pie. When a further guest arrives in the form of dubious businessman Felix and a body turns up in Stanislav’s cellar, the insular resort becomes the backdrop for a grotesque fight for life. In his debut feature, Matthias J. Michel cleverly repels various genre and character clichés to create an exceptional black comedy.

The film takes the viewer on a roller-coaster ride of emotions, evoking laughter and tears, hope and suffering alike. Melina is young and full of illusions. She has just fallen in love and ...

Martha no ha podido superar la muerte de su marido y trata de encontrar un significado a su vida. Preocupadas por Martha, sus tres amigas la convencen, a pesar de sus 80 años, de hacer realidad su sueño de ser modista. Es entonces cuando decide abrir una tienda de ropa interior femenina, moderna y con toques eróticos, dónde destacan los sugerentes diseños que ella misma imagina. Este hecho dará un giro radical a la vida de todas las mujeres, sumergidas en el ambiente provinciano de una comarca paradisíaca, pero aburrida. Hay revuelo en el pueblo y los pilares de esa comunidad conservadora tiemblan con la inesperada novedad. Mucha gente no ve con buenos ojos los escandalosos cambios, que suscitarán reacciones inesperadas. Pero las Chicas de la Lencería no se dejarán intimidar tan fácilmente.