First Love, Last Rites

Erste Liebe, letzte Riten

Switzerland, January 2006
FILM, Fiction, 30 min.

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directed by
Susanne Kaelin
Written by
Susanne Kaelin
Status
In distribution
Website
www.susannekaelin.com

The film is about a teenage couple experiencing their first love. They spend their summer in a small cottage at the lakeside. Every day they put the thin mattress onto the large oak table near the window, lounge in the gentle breeze and sleep with one another. Actually, everything would be perfect if it weren’t for that strange noise.

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World Premiere
January 2006
Original Version
English (french/german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 30 min.
Production
Susanne Kaelin, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
directed by
Susanne Kaelin
Written by
Susanne Kaelin (Based on a story by Ian McEwan)
Cinemato­graphy
Guy Faessler
Editing
Marina Wernli, Steven Michael Hayes, Tobias Nölle, Susanne Kaelin
Music
Marcel Vaid, Tom Huber
Location Sound Mix
Madlaina Meili, Gregg Skerman, Guido Keller
Production Design
Cristina Nyffeler
Lighting Design
David Teply
Costumes
Maya Suter
Casting
Malena Gysin, Natalia Guecheva

Cast

Domhnull Alasdair MacMillan
Dagna Litzenberger Vinet
Nikolas Litzenberger
Stefan A. Kollmuss
Neil Thomas

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