Set Decoration
A historia se passa nos anos 50 e acompanha um rapaz que é contratado para ser um «Verdingbub», ou seja, uma "criança contratada - uma prática muito comum e que vigorou na Alemanha e Suíça entre 1800 a 1960. Segundo a política governamental da época, o estado podia retirar a custódia das crianças dos pais, caso estes fossem pobres, ou até filhos de pais separados. Muitas dessas crianças viveram assim um verdadeiro calvário emocional, sendo muitas vezes vítimas de abusos físicos e até sexuais nas mãos de pais adotivos que eram donos de pequenas propriedades agrícolas.
Set Decoration
Franz Engi returns to his hometown after being away for 30 years. A lot of things have changed in that time. There are only few families with children left in the village and that is why the school is about to be closed down. Franz decides to save the school and teacher Eva's job in a very unusual way....
On Set Dresser
January 1957, in a small town in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. A middle-class house, the home of two sisters, Clara and Thérèse, whose characters could not be more different. After their father is institutionalized, the two women take over the family business, which specializes in precision optics. One day, the floor of the music room collapses after being ravaged by termites. Karoly, a Hungarian refugeee and jack-of-all-trades, is hired to repair the damage. The Hungarian's presence causes ripples in the seemingly unchangeable life of the two sisters...
Set Decoration
January 1957, in a small town in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. A middle-class house, the home of two sisters, Clara and Thérèse, whose characters could not be more different. After their father is institutionalized, the two women take over the family business, which specializes in precision optics. One day, the floor of the music room collapses after being ravaged by termites. Karoly, a Hungarian refugeee and jack-of-all-trades, is hired to repair the damage. The Hungarian's presence causes ripples in the seemingly unchangeable life of the two sisters...
