Jacob Berger

Películas

Unveiled
Writer
Three women, three generations, two secrets. In the early 1970s, a bomb exploded on board the Swissair flight 330 to Tel Aviv. Isabelle's husband also died. The young, very pregnant widow feared that her lover, the Palestinian activist Djibril, might be entangled in it ... Now, 47 years later, Isabelle finds out that her granddaughter Anaïs has converted to Islam. But why does the young student keep her new faith secret from the family? Anaïs's mother, Léa, immediately rings the alarm.
Unveiled
Director
Three women, three generations, two secrets. In the early 1970s, a bomb exploded on board the Swissair flight 330 to Tel Aviv. Isabelle's husband also died. The young, very pregnant widow feared that her lover, the Palestinian activist Djibril, might be entangled in it ... Now, 47 years later, Isabelle finds out that her granddaughter Anaïs has converted to Islam. But why does the young student keep her new faith secret from the family? Anaïs's mother, Léa, immediately rings the alarm.
A Jew Must Die
Director
A film based on Jacques Chessex' novel of the same title; featuring André Wilms as Chessex and Bruno Ganz as Arthur Bloch, Swiss Jew killed by Swiss Nazis.
Cinéma Suisse: Alain Tanner
Director
A documentary about the career of Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner.
Cinéma Suisse: Alain Tanner
Narrator (voice)
A documentary about the career of Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner.
Operación Libertad
Writer
Son los años 70, y el marxismo hace furor. La Baader Meinhof toma el lugar de las bandas de rock en los corazones de los jóvenes, y el Chacal es el nuevo ídolo de una generación comprometida. Lo natural en este contexto, más que empuñar la guitarra o las baquetas, es formar un grupo revolucionario. Los jóvenes de nuestra historia se estrenan como célula armada emprendiendo la tarea de secuestrar un banco que mantiene turbios lazos con una dictadura sudamericana. Una operación, llamada libertad, que será torpemente ejecutada. Una chapuza militante de resistencia activa, fielmente registrada por uno de sus miembros. (FILMAFFINITY)
I Think About Alain Tanner
Writer
A tribute to the work of the Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner
I Think About Alain Tanner
Director
A tribute to the work of the Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner
I Think About Alain Tanner
Narrator (voice)
A tribute to the work of the Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner
That Day
Director
Jacob Berger’s film shows a day in the life of a family. People meet and leave, and wonder, will they find themselves again? At daybreak, Serge believes he has committed a crime. Pietra realises that she has been betrayed around midday. At one o’clock 8-year-old Vlad feels lovesick for the first time. The day is spent observing, looking, avoiding and meeting each other. One day, three different perspectives: the same evening twilight, the same loneliness. And there is always the stranger who crosses their path. How will Serge, Pietra and Vlad find each other?
That Day
Writer
Jacob Berger’s film shows a day in the life of a family. People meet and leave, and wonder, will they find themselves again? At daybreak, Serge believes he has committed a crime. Pietra realises that she has been betrayed around midday. At one o’clock 8-year-old Vlad feels lovesick for the first time. The day is spent observing, looking, avoiding and meeting each other. One day, three different perspectives: the same evening twilight, the same loneliness. And there is always the stranger who crosses their path. How will Serge, Pietra and Vlad find each other?
A Loving Father
Director
Writer Léo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his affairs. One day Virginia gets a call from the Swedish Academy. Léo has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His estranged son Paul tries desperately to contact him, but is denied every time by his sister. When Léo starts traveling to the ceremony in Stockholm by motor bike, Paul decides to follow him and try to speak to him. Clearly Léo doesn't want to be followed, starts speeding and gets involved in a accident, but isn't badly hurt. The police confuse another motorist for Shepherd and announce his death. Paul, driven by his childhood experiences, decides to kidnap his father.
Angels
Director
The American musician Rickie falls in love with the prostitute Sara, who pretends to be a princess. As they escape together, Rickie gets into a dangerous adventure.
El valle fantasma
Jean
Paul es un director de cine en crisis que descubre en Dara a la actriz ideal. Pero, ésta ha decidido regresar a su ciudad natal y Jean, el ayudante de Paul, tiene que ir en su busca.