Bonjour Switzerland

Showings

The Main 3 Sun, Apr 14 5:20 PM
The Main 3 Mon, Apr 15 2:40 PM
The Main 3 Wed, Apr 17 4:45 PM
The Main 1 Sat, Apr 27 7:10 PM
Film Info
Accessibility:HI
Captions:SUB
Festival:MSPIFF43
Original Title:Bon Schuur Ticino
Festival Programs:Marquee
Laugh Track
Best of Fest
Release Year:2023
Runtime:88 min
Country/Region:Switzerland
Italy
Language:Swiss German
German
French
Italian
English
Print Source:Spotlight Media Productions AG
Trailer:https://vimeo.com/893649150
Tags:Comedy
Politics
Best of Fest
Cast/Crew
Director:Peter Luisi
Producer:David Luisi
Peter Luisi
Cinematographer:Raphael Kistler
Screenwriter:Peter Luisi
Principal Cast:Beat Schlatter
Vincent Kucholl
Catherine Pagani
Silvia Jost
Leonardo Nigro
Sponsors
Sponsor Image:https://mspfilm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CHI_RGB_hoch_pos.jpeg

Description

The director and star of MSPIFF 2018 audience favorite Streaker reunite for a wacky comedy that pokes fun at the multilingual Swiss. When an unexpected referendum leaves the country with only one national language, French, it catalyzes a crisis among the German and Italian speakers. Fifty-six-year-old Walter Egli (Beat Schlatter) works for the Federal Police, the organization responsible for ensuring the smooth transition to monolingualism. Despite his own limited French proficiency, he’s tasked with navigating this linguistic upheaval. He teams up with a French-speaking partner and heads to Ticino for undercover work. Their assignment: to track down a rebellious resistance group vehemently opposing the new law. Bonjour Switzerland captures the intricacies of Swiss cultural diversity and the quirks of Swiss society, weaving a tale of unexpected partnerships, cultural clashes, and the absurdities of bureaucracy in the face of a national language crisis. –Alissa Simon