Stefan Kollmuss

Writer Léo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his affairs. One day Virginia gets a call from the Swedish Academy. Léo has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His estranged son Paul tries desperately to contact him, but is denied every time by his sister. When Léo starts traveling to the ceremony in Stockholm by motor bike, Paul decides to follow him and try to speak to him. Clearly Léo doesn't want to be followed, starts speeding and gets involved in a accident, but isn't badly hurt. The police confuse another motorist for Shepherd and announce his death. Paul, driven by his childhood experiences, decides to kidnap his father.

A young man from Sri Lanka, living in Switzerland, loves a Swiss woman, whom he met at the Restaurant he works at. But his parents have already set the engagement with a Tamil woman.

The wife of the publisher of the tabloid newspaper EXKLUSIV is shot in front of the editors building. JournaIist Mike Baertschi, employee of EXKLUSlV and his photographer Bernhard Kauter are witnesses of this attack.

Documentary takes a look at the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, a scroll created in 1880 BCE, and lost until 1887.

A young Chinatown drug dealer enlists the help of a violent gang buddy to commit his first home invasion robbery, but his pursuit of "fast money" yields unintended consequences that will forever change his life.

Six sisters live together with their grandmother in a house in Zurich. They are all preoccupied with their own lives. One summer a quiet boarder and the return of the oldest sister disrupt the usual family order, triggering a battle against the rigidity of former roles.

Young marketing professional Natalie is trying to climb the corporate ladder at a cutthroat ad agency in Los Angeles. Her earnest pursuit has gotten her nowhere, while her corrupt co-workers, Shannon and Alexandra, rise to the top. But before long, her co-workers begin to be stalked by something not of this earth - a creature that kills by astral projection, leaving behind a flawless corpse with no trace of fingerprints. The police have no leads, and it seems Natalie is its next target. Now, Natalie must search, through Tarot Cards and Old World Magic, to unravel the mystery of the Soul Killer.

The story is set in Palestine in 1947, during the British mandate period. The Zionists are fighting for the establishment of a Jewish state, and four comrades in arms pressure the young Elisha to overcome his moral qualms and fully commit to the armed struggle.

The film follows an emotionally harrowing journey endured by young gay photographer Alex, after he is diagnosed with peritoneal cancer. Abandoned by his brother and his on-again, off-again lover, Alex is forced to face his mortality and the loss of his sexual identity through sheer resilience. A devastating, but ultimately hopeful story of survival and resolve.

May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy.

Deux jours avec mon père

French adaptations of the stories by Agatha Christie.

The first manned mission to Mars is now approaching the red planet. The crew includes top-flight scientists and a young female psychiatrist, responsible for their mental health. But just as they are about to land, something goes wrong.

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

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