Big Mac Small World
Switzerland, January 2001
FILM,
Documentary,
100 min.
- directed by
- Peter Guyer
- Written by
- Peter Guyer
- Status
- In distribution
China, USA, South Africa, Finland, Brazil, Switzerland – and McDonald's everywhere. The “hamburger road” takes us around the world into the lives of six people with one thing in common: they all work for McDonald's. One job, six different fates. Caught in the midst of the battle for market share, the dictates of accountancy and the logic of “time and motion”, each is seeking his or her place in this big little world. There's Jenny in Switzerland, raising chickens and fighting for her family; William in Rio, who is trying to escape from poverty and looking to his religion for guidance; Franz in South Africa, torn between his job in the city and the claims of his clan in the township; Mao, who would like to see her native China establish links with the modern world, and also find herself a husband; Connie in Las Vegas, who would like a daughter and much else besides; and finally Jarmo in Lapland, who in his own way is trying to escape the “global pressure” at the polar circle. A film about people at the interface between globalisation and individuality, desire versus reality, local traditions and the global market. Unusual, thoughtful and humorous.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2001
- Original Version
- Chinese, English, South African languages, Portuguese, Finnish, German (french/german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 100 min.
- Production
- Recycled TV AG, ZDF/ARTE, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
- Producer
- Marian Amstutz
- directed by
- Peter Guyer
- Written by
- Peter Guyer
- Cinematography
- Matthias Kälin
- Editing
- Kathrin Plüss
- Music
- Mich Gerber
- Location Sound Mix
- Balthasar Jucker
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Doc & Co
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Recycled TV AG Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Bern, Berner Filmförderung, Berner Filmpreis 2001 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Fondation Vevey Ville d'Images
20.09.2002 - 06.10.2002 -
Singapore International Film Festival
11.04.2002 - 27.04.2002 -
Hong Kong, 26th Hong Kong Int. Film Festival
27.03.2002 - 07.04.2002 -
Cleveland, 26th Cleveland Int. Film Festival
14.03.2002 - 24.03.2002 -
Docs for Sale
23.11.2001 - 30.11.2001 -
Festival Int. du Film d'Environement
20.11.2001 - 27.11.2001 -
Weltfilmtage Thusis
24.10.2001 - 28.10.2001 -
Freiburg im Breisgau, Ökomedia-Institut
18.10.2001 - 20.10.2001 -
Locarno, 54. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
02.08.2001 - 12.08.2001 -
Karlovy Vary, 36th Int. Filmfestival Karlovy Vary
05.07.2001 - 14.07.2001
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Nyon, Visions du réel - Festival int. du cinéma documentaire
23.04.2001 - 29.04.2001 -
Ghent, 7th Documentary Filmfestival Gent
28.02.2001 - 07.03.2001 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2001 - 28.01.2001 -
Docs for Sale
22.11.2000 - 30.11.2000