Downtown Switzerland

Stefan Haupt, Christian Davi, Kaspar Kasics, Fredi M. Murer | 94 mins | Switzerland | 2004

Kota Zurich di Musim Semi 2003: perubahan tersembunyi pada  iklim politik saat itu mendorong 4 orang cineas Christian Davi, Stefan Haupt, Kaspar Kasics dan Fredi M. Murer untuk berburu adegan di kota mereka itu. Mereka mengikuti  denyut kehidupan di kota metropolitan budaya dan bisnis itu dan merangkai  adegan-adegan yang terkumpul ke dalam satu karya film bersama: 4 sutradara, 4 kamera, 4 sudut pandang. Hasil karya sinema ini mengulas para pemain global, pengungsi politik, pengusaha kecil dan pembuat trend, sopir bus dan trem, seniman dan politisi muda dari sebuah partai sayap kiri di Swiss, serta menyajikan potret semangat dari rata-rata warga Zurich. Pengamatan kehidupan sehari-hari dalam film ini memberikan cermin bagi kondisi Swiss secara keseluruhan.

Zurich in the autumn of 2003: an insidious change in political climate prompts filmmakers Christian Davi, Stefan Haupt, Kaspar Kasics and Fredi M. Murer to embark on a trail-hunting tour of their city. They follow the pulse of life in the Swiss metropolis of culture and commerce and weave their collected footage into a collective film: four filmmakers, four cameras, four points of view. The resulting cinematic chronicle looks over the shoulders of global players and political refugees, small-scale businessmen and trendsetters, bus drivers and tram drivers, artists and young politicians of the right-wing Swiss People’s Party and portrays the passions of totally average Zurich citizens. The observations of everyday life render the film a mirror of Switzerland as a whole.

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