01/03/2007

After last December’s invasion of German screens with the release of Vitus [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Christian Davi
interview: Fredi M. Murer
film profile], My Name is Eugen [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Lenz [+see also:
trailer
film profile] and The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez (see news), this month marks Swiss films’ return to cinemas in two of its biggest German-speaking neighbours.

Alain Gsponer’s German co-production Das wahre Leben [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (C-Films) opens through Zorro Film from March 8, while Bettina Oberli’s Late Bloomers [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Catpics Coproductions) – a big hit in German-speaking Switzerland with almost 500,000 admissions to date – has a March 29 release through X-Verleih.

While a retrospective of Thomas Imbach’s work took place in Vienna at the end of February, and will continue in Berlin (see news), the director’s latest film, Lenz (Bachim Film), opens in Austria today.

The title is being distributed by Filmladen, as is Michael Steiner’s My Name is Eugen (Kontraproduktion, C-Films). The Swiss box office number one (577,500 admissions) and 2006 winner of the Swiss Film Prize for Best Feature Film hits Austrian screens on March 30.

Last, but not least, Christoph Schaub’s Jeune homme [+see also:
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film profile] (T&C Film) will be released by CineStar in Austria on March 22.

(Translated from French)