Spagat
Switzerland, March 2007
FILM,
Documentary,
60 min.
- directed by
- Margrit Pfister, Claudia Pfister
- Written by
- Margrit Pfister
- Status
- In distribution
A kaleidoscope of interviews and scenes taken from everyday life serves as the basis for illustrating the diversity of relationships between mothers and daughters with intercultural backgrounds during the turbulent stages of adolescence. For many a double balancing act, as values begin to shift due to generational and cultural disparities. The film provides a differentiated account of the daughter’s struggle for self-determination without compromising family cohesion. With an astonishing degree of candidness, mothers and daughters speak of methods of upbringing, sex education and sexuality, as well as desires and fears concerning the future. We can easily relate to the innocuous conflicts at the onset of puberty. But it becomes more difficult when a daughter’s right of self-determination in personal matters is impinged upon by the parents’ tradition and/or religion.
credits
- World Premiere
- March 2007
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, German, colour, DVD, 60 min.
- Production
- Mundointerpret
- Producer
- Margrit Pfister
- directed by
- Margrit Pfister, Claudia Pfister
- Written by
- Margrit Pfister
- Cinematography
- Claudia Pfister
- Editing
- Kathrin Plüss, Jyri Pasanen
- Sound Editing
- Jyri Pasanen
- Sound Design
- Jyri Pasanen
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jyri Pasanen
- Music
- Margrit Pfister
- Location Sound Mix
- Daniela Coduri
- Lighting Design
- Claudia Pfister
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Mundointerpret
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Mundointerpret Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Spiez, Verein Filmfestival Thunersee, Goldener Drache für besten Dokumentarfilm 2009 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Spiez, Verein Filmfestival Thunersee
16.09.2009 - 19.09.2009 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2008 - 27.01.2008