Completed - GERMAN, SWISS-GERMAN - Drama - 118 minutes
The true stirring story of two nonconformists – an idealistic lawyer and an unpredictable criminal – in a struggle for social and personal freedom against the backdrop of the Swiss state repression in the 1980.
Year of production : 2020 Director(s) : Oliver RIHS Writer(s) : Dave TUCKER Cast : Marie LEUENBERGER, Joel BASMAN, Jella HAASE Producer(s) : Ivan MADEO (Contrast Film), Stefan EICHENBERGER (Contrast Film), Urs FREY (Contrast Film), Jan KRÜGER (Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion), Jörg TRENTMANN (Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion)
Barbara Hug is a young radical lawyer fighting Switzerland’s antiquated prison system in the 1980s. Walter Stürm is a charmer and chancer. Taunting the establishment with his outrageous thefts and media savvy he’s in and often escaping out of jail and becomes known as the Jailbreak King. When the two meet an unlikely alliance is formed. Barbara wants to use Walter’s popularity for her social reform goals. But the less Walter yields to her reasoning, the more she falls for the fascination of his uncompromising desire for freedom. Walter becomes the rock against which she beats in vain and will grow. A radical partnership conflicting priorities between state repression and personal freedom.
Country(ies) : GERMANY, SWITZERLAND
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Hamburg FF 2020Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2020 (Official Competition)Camerimage 2020Moscow IFF 2021