Jacob Berger

Фильмы

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.
Operation Libertad
Writer
In April 1978, members of the Groupe Autonome Révolutionnaire (GAR) rob a bank in Zurich with the aim of bringing to light the covert ties between the Swiss financial system and dictatorships in Latin America. Wanting to secure concrete evidence, they film the entire operation.
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?
Чти отца своего
Director
Знаменитый писатель Лео Шеперд едет на мотоцикле в Стокгольм, где должен получить Нобелевскую премию по литературе. По дороге Лео попадает в аварию, но его спасает нелюбимый сын Поль, преследовавший отца ради того, чтобы после долгих лет отчуждения наконец-то поговорить по душам. Инсценировав смерть отца, Поль похищает его и привозит в уединенное место. Между ними происходит бурное выяснение отношений, но затем гнев уступает место откровениям - страхи, воспоминания, тайны выходят наружу... И когда сестра Поля Виржиния находит отца и сына, становится совершенно очевидно, что теперь их семейные отношения уже никогда не станут такими, как прежде...
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.
The Ghost Valley
Jean
The efforts of an aspiring filmmaker to include an unwilling female in his production.