Jürg Lempen

Com Virginie Efira. Judith leva uma vida dupla: dois amantes, dois filhos na França e uma filha na Suíça. Enredada em segredos e mentiras, suas vidas começam a se despedaçar.

A documentary about a biography that covers an entire century: the delusion of Bruno Wilkomirski, who wrote a celebrated book about his childhood as a concentration camp victim and was later revealed. How this deception came about, how the person concerned reflects on it from the distance of almost 20 years and what it says about our country and our time.

Dumped by his girlfriend and finding himself stranded on different couches at friends’ places, Guido tries to transform his drift into an opportunity for a new beginning.

Frank, a man of action who worked his way up all by himself, dedicates his life to work. No matter the place or the circumstances, be it day or night, he’s on the phone, handling the cargo ships he charters for major companies. But when he has to deal with a crisis situation, Frank makes a brutal decision and gets fired. Profoundly shaken, betrayed by a system to which he gave his all, he has to progressively question himself to save the one connection that still matters to him: the bond he’s managed to maintain with his youngest daughter, Mathilde.

Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.

Drawing inspiration from his personal encounter with the Italian refugee child Giovanna during World War II, Markus Imhoof tells how refugees and migrants are treated today: on the Mediterranean Sea, in Lebanon, in Italy, in Germany and in Switzerland.

During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early twenties, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a plaster on a stretcher-bed. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the sadness of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.

Sam, um menino de sete anos, mora com a mãe desde que os pais se separaram, mas agora vai ter que morar com o pai, Gérôme, um escritor sem inspiração. Os dois mal se conhecem, já que o pai raramente esteve presente na vida do filho. Todos acreditam que Gérôme é incapaz de cuidar de uma criança. Após um início caótico, Sam começa a tentar ensinar Gérôme a ser o pai que ele tanto sente falta.

A farmaceutical salesman is involved in the spiral of corruption in the medical assistance of the welfare state system.

A farmaceutical salesman is involved in the spiral of corruption in the medical assistance of the welfare state system.

Em um edifício de Lausane, na Suíça, a chave da lavanderia é mais do que apenas uma chave para a porta de uma lavandaria comum, tradicionalmente localizada nos porões dos edifícios. Aqui, as pessoas usam um pequeno espaço no lobby do prédio para lavar suas roupas, enquanto os porões são reservados para a prostituição.

Em um edifício de Lausane, na Suíça, a chave da lavanderia é mais do que apenas uma chave para a porta de uma lavandaria comum, tradicionalmente localizada nos porões dos edifícios. Aqui, as pessoas usam um pequeno espaço no lobby do prédio para lavar suas roupas, enquanto os porões são reservados para a prostituição.

Confundido com um islâmico perigoso, Saadi - um cara normal, que acontece de ser um imigrante árabe ilegal - estabelece no dia mais perigoso de sua vida.

Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst. They are accompanied by police officers and immigration officials. The passengers are flown to their native countries, where they haven't set foot in in up to twenty years, and where their lives might be in danger. Children, wives and work are left behind in Switzerland. Near Geneva, in Frambois prison, live 25 illegal immigrants waiting for deportation. They are offered an opportunity to say goodbye to their families and return to their native countries on a regular flight, escorted by plain-clothes police officers. If they refuse this offer, the special flight is arranged fast and unexpectedly. The stories behind the locked cells are truly heartbreaking.

Gregory, is set to meet his fiancée and his prospective parents-in-law at a restaurant. He arrives late and the tension is palpable as they order dinner. Uneasy, Gregory excuses himself to the restroom. While enjoying sudden quietness, his life takes an absurd and tragic turn when he discovers a mysterious object in the trash bin.

Gregory, is set to meet his fiancée and his prospective parents-in-law at a restaurant. He arrives late and the tension is palpable as they order dinner. Uneasy, Gregory excuses himself to the restroom. While enjoying sudden quietness, his life takes an absurd and tragic turn when he discovers a mysterious object in the trash bin.