Completed - SWISS-GERMAN, ENGLISH, ARABIC - Drama - 27 minutes
Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed’s assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of Swiss bureaucracy to which Roli finds a beautifully simple answer…
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Jan-Eric MACK Writer(s) : Anna SCHINZ, Jan-eric MACK Cast : Peter FREIBURGHAUS, Jay ABDO, Ruth SCHWEGLER, Nicolas ROSAT Producer(s) : Joel JENT (DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION)
The hospital calls Fareed; his wife’s situation is critical; the cancer has reached its terminal stage. Pensioner Roli comes to his help and takes him to see his wife who passes away shortly after. Her funeral falls under the jurisdiction of Amrikon council. Fareed wants to see his wife buried in accordance with Muslim rites. Roli is keen to help Fareed and his daughters but problems quickly arise: the graves in the local cemetery have not been aligned to face Mecca; the council is unable to carry out the burial within 24 hours after death. Councilor Thomas Künzli assures everyone that they’ll organise things for the following week. Unimpressed by the council’s tactical heal-dragging, Roli offers a more creative idea: a family plot would allow for the body to be buried diagonally – facing Mecca. But even family graves are exhumed after 25 years and allocated anew. For Muslims this disturbance of peace is an absolute taboo.
Country(ies) : SWITZERLAND
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Palm Spring Fest. 2017 (Best of Festival, Best Student Live Action Short)Québec City Film Festival 2017Calgary International Film Festival 2017Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2017 (Audience Award)TIFF Tirana International Film Festival 2017RIFF Roma Independent Film Festival 2017St. Cloud Filmfest 2017 (Jury Award)Aguilar de Campoo Int. Short Film Festival 201744th Student Academy Awards 2017 (Student Academy Award Narrative (International Film Schools))Fargo Film Fest 2018 (Best Student Film)Schweizer Filmpreis 2018 (Best Short)ISMAILIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018 (Jury Award)World Fest Houston 2018 (Remi Winner)