Ma famille Africaine
My African Family
Switzerland, March 2004
FILM,
Documentary,
80 min.
- directed by
- Thomas Thümena
- Written by
- Thomas Thümena
- Status
- In distribution
A tragicomic love story where money, a coup and dead monkeys cause commotion in daily life. Thomas is a slightly calculating film director from Zurich. Léa is a proud, liberated African woman. Together they form an explosive couple. She feels homesick, he thinks about the rent. She complains about her difficulty of integrating with the Swiss, he has to cope with importing monkey meat in his suitcase. This tragicomedy swings back and forth between laughter and tears at the couple’s deep desire to remain together, in spite of their differences.
La storia d’amore tragicomica di una coppia mista, la cui vita quotidiana è scombussolata dai soldi, da un colpo di stato e da scimmie morte. Thomas è un regista zurighese un po’ pedante, Léa una donna africana orgogliosa e indipendente. Insieme formano una coppia esplosiva. Lei soffre di nostalgia per la sua terra, lui pensa all’affitto. Lei si lamenta delle difficoltà di integrazione, lui della carne di scimmia che ha dovuto portare a casa in valigia. Una tragicommedia che oscilla continuamente tra il riso e il pianto, con alla base la volontà dei due coniugi di continuare ad essere una coppia, nonostante le difficoltà, o forse proprio grazie ad esse.
credits
- World Premiere
- March 2004
- Original Version
- French, Swiss-German, colour, 35mm, 80 min.
- Production
- Hugofilm Productions GmbH, Ciné Manufacture CMS SA, SRG SSR
- Producer
- directed by
- Thomas Thümena
- Written by
- Thomas Thümena
- Cinematography
- Otmar Schmid, Thomas Thümena
- Editing
- Myriam Flury
- Music
- Roland Widmer
- Location Sound Mix
- Luc Yersin
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Doc & Co
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Hugofilm Productions GmbH Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2005 (Nomination)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2004 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Weltfilmtage Thusis
01.11.2005 - 06.11.2005 -
Freiburger Film Forum
03.05.2005 - 08.05.2005 -
Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
17.01.2005 - 23.01.2005 -
Amsterdam, 17th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
18.11.2004 - 28.11.2004 -
Sunny Side of the Doc
19.06.2004 - 22.06.2004 -
Fribourg, 18e Festival int. de films de Fribourg
21.03.2004 - 28.03.2004