SwissMade
actors.
Noémie SCHMIDT - Jean-Luc BORGEAT - Isabelle CAILLAT - Jonas SCHNEITER
Marie-Eve MUSY - Michael NEUENSCHWANDER - Manuela BIEDERMANN
Cédric IMWINKELRIED - Diana MEIERHANS
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music by Anastasia Roupakia (LINK)​​
A cynical New York writer gets more than he bargained for
when he returns to his native village in the Alps to claim his inheritance...
Le retour d'un écrivain cynique de New York dans son village natal en Suisse dans le but de récupérer
un héritage, finira par lui coûter ce qui n’a pas de prix : sa propre identité.
Swiss Made in Action
synopsis.
who.
Dan Thorens - president of SWISS MADE FILMS
Director / ScreenWriter
A self made Canadian Swiss Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer and Actor.
Having been raised in several countries including 10 years in Africa, he was fascinated early on watching his father shoot on a Swiss Made 8mm Bolex camera and the time he spent cutting and splicing real film to edit family travels and make them entertaining to watch.
He has honed his director's skills by working with renowned Jérôme Savary, Roland Topor, Andreas Voutsinas and Jean Luc Godard to name a few and has established his production in New York City where he now resides. His versatility as a director allows him to move into different genres with ease. Coming from an acting background, he understand the actors process and you see the result in their performances.
After directing Theater in Paris and New York, he founded CW1 productions and has since produced, directed and hosted, two documentary series in English, both shot in France, a humanitarian doc on Haitian street children association, as well as a host of shorts films.
He is partnering in creating the Life Science project "BIOLINK EXPRESS" (BLX)
with V. Loroch, phd in Biology.
His latest short "The Grapevine Chronicles" is part of a much wider cross-media project to turn it into a Feature Film via an online platform.
He's co-written 5 feature length films scripts he is now seeking to finance.
"Swiss Made", his first feature length is in preproduction in Switzerland.
Daniel majored in Psychology at the Geneva University. He's fluent in French.
Kevin Christoffersen - LEGACY PICTURES
Producer
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Kevin Christoffersen has been producing content internationally for the better part of two decades across four continents while living in five countries. Many of his diverse array of multi-media projects have had a focus on impact driven themes that have aired on T.V. stations throughout the world.
Currently Kevin is co-producing a broad genre range of feature films around the globe from development through distribution including, "The Rising" starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Colin Morgan as well as, "Green Olds," with Producer George Parra along with the Chinese project "Leftover" and "Swiss Made."
Other recent initiatives include managing the new film production company Legacy Pictures (New York / Los Angeles) and structuring a new film fund venture with strategic finance, production and distribution partners.
Kevin has been attending the Berlin, Cannes, AFM and Tribeca film festivals among others that continue expanding his film industry network far and wide.
contact.
synopsis.
FRIDAY
LOUIS WEBER, a cynical New York writer urgently returns home to his native village in the Alpine Valais region to collect on his inheritance.
His father has just passed away, and it becomes quickly clear that there is no love lost: Louis still blames him for the death of his mother, even beyond the grave.
Following a brief meeting at a notary's office, he learns he must wait until Monday to find out about the potential inheritance he views as "payback" for what his father did 25 years ago.
He winds up finding a room for the weekend at a local bed and breakfast.
SATURDAY
To kill time and relieve his own mental anguish, he decides to write a damaging new novel about the Swiss, inspired by the B&B owner’s smart yet eccentric 24-year-old daughter STEFI who is dying to escape the Valais. A RADIO SHOW called ‘There are no Swiss,’ plays at the Chalet, where the complexities and contradictions of Swiss identity are debated and the country’s historic complexity humoristically lamented.
He spends the weekend sadistically poking at the psyches of his fellow boarders, exploiting their innermost conflicts and confidences to use as fodder for the characters in his new novel. Stefi gradually warms to him, though he is too preoccupied to notice.
As he sinks deeper into this manipulative drama of his own creation, nightmares and daydreams begin to distort his reality.
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SUNDAY
A snowstorm hits the town hard, causing two new guests take refuge for the night in the chalet: a father and son, both farmers. A power outage prompts all seven guests to gather by the hearth, where Louis orchestrates clashes between them by drawing on his intimate knowledge of their differences and weaknesses.
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MONDAY
Early that morning, following the previous night’s madness and emotional intensity, Louis has an unexpected and meaningful exchange with the two farmers. Finally able to confront his past in the presence of the two simple mountaineers, he finds redemption both for his deceased father and for himself.
VENDREDI
LOUIS WEBER, cynique écrivain new yorkais de 45 ans, revient précipitamment en ​Valais dans le but de récupérer un héritage
​qu'il ​considère comme un dû​.​
Son père vient de décéder ​et il garde une rancune tenace contre ​lui.
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Suite à son entrevue chez le​ notaire du village, il apprend qu'il doit attendre ​lundi pour connaître le contenu de l'héritage. Il trouve alors une chambre pour le week-end dans un chalet local faisant aussi office de Bed & Breakfast​.
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SAMEDI
Pour tuer le temps et soulager son angoisse, inspiré par la rencontre avec STEFI, 24 ans, la fille unique des propriétaires du B&B qui étouffe dans le Valais, il lui prend l'idée d'​​écri​re un r​oman.
C​hacun des occupants du chalet su​bit à ​son tour la manipulation de l’Américain​ qui​ exacerbe ​​leurs conflits ​sous-jacents. Ces derniers nourrissent, sans s'en rendre compte,​ les personnages d​e son histoire et Louis déclenche ainsi des drames de plus en plus personnels.
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Chaque soir pourtant, il est gardé éveillé par de sinistres cauchemars qui troublent sa perception de la réalité.
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DIMANCHE
Une tempête de neige frappe l​e village de plein fouet et un paysan et son fils, tout deux éleveurs​ de vaches d'Hérens​, ​viennent se réfugier au chalet pour la nuit. Une panne de courant impose aux invités de se retrouver au salon, autour d'un feu de cheminée.
L'alcool coule à flots, les langues se délient, et Louis en profite ​pour stimuler les affrontements​ de plus belle.​
LUNDI
​Avant l'aube, suite à une soirée riche en émotions, Louis a un échange inattendu avec les deux éleveurs.
​Leur calme et leur simpl​icité, ​lui dévoile son passé. Il dé​couvre qui ​était vraiment son père ​et la vraie raison de la mort de sa mère​, la vraie source de sa rancoeur.
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C’est alors une rédemption pour son père défunt ainsi que pour lui-même.
who.
Dan Thorens - Director / ScreenWriter
A self made Canadian Swiss Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer and Actor.
Having been raised in several countries including 10 years in Africa, he was fascinated early on watching his father shoot on a Swiss Made 8mm Bolex camera and the time he spent cutting and splicing real film to edit family travels and make them entertaining to watch.
He has honed his director's skills by working with renowned Jérôme Savary, Roland Topor, Andreas Voutsinas and Jean Luc Godard to name a few and has established his production in New York City where he now resides. His versatility as a director allows him to move into different genres with ease. Coming from an acting background, he understand the actors process and you see the result in their performances.
After directing Theater in Paris and New York, he founded CW1 productions and has since produced, directed and hosted, two documentary series in English, both shot in France, a humanitarian doc on Haitian street children association, as well as a host of shorts films.
He is partnering in creating the Life Science project "BIOLINK EXPRESS" (BLX) with V. Loroch, phd in Biology.
His latest short "The Grapevine Chronicles" is part of a much wider cross-media project to turn it into a Feature Film via an online platform.
He's co-written 5 feature length films scripts he is now seeking to finance.
"Swiss Made", his first feature length is in preproduction in Switzerland.
Daniel majored in Psychology at the Geneva University. He's fluent in French.
David Adam - Producer - CH
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He is co-founder of UNEO Switzerland.
In addition to the day-to-day management of client portfolios through
global solutions (administrative support, accounting, insurance
and real estate development), he is also at the helm of UNEO's commercial development, putting his financial expertise to work through specific film projects that he feels have a story to tell.
He participate in the creative development of film financing through a non traditional and original approach, using various tax shelters and various european countries' laws in order to reach local and international investors through what he likes to call a"Tailor Made" mindset.
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Kevin Christoffersen - Producer - US
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Kevin has been producing content internationally for the better part of two decades across four continents while living in five countries. Many of his diverse array of multi-media projects have had a focus on impact driven themes that have aired on T.V. stations throughout the world.
Currently Kevin is co-producing a broad genre range of feature films around the globe from development through distribution including, "The Rising" starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Colin Morgan as well as, "Green Olds," with Producer George Parra along with the Chinese project "Leftover" and "Swiss Made."
Other recent initiatives include managing the new film production company Legacy Pictures (New York / Los Angeles) and structuring a new film fund venture with strategic finance, production and distribution partners.
Kevin has been attending the Berlin, Cannes, AFM and Tribeca film festivals among others that continue expanding his film industry network far and wide.
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