Bon Schuur Ticino (2023)
by Peter Luisi
SYNOPSIS
A crazy referendum throws Switzerland into a state of emergency. By the acceptance of the initiative “No Bilangue” there should be from now on only one national language: French. Many German-speaking Swiss are therefore having a crisis. Including fifty-six-year-old Walter Egli, who works for the Federal Police and must ensure that the transition to monolingualism is carried out properly. Although he hardly speaks any French himself, he is sent to Ticino with a French-speaking partner to uncover a Ticino resistance group that is fighting the new law by all means necessary.
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Peter Luisi was born in Switzerland in 1975. He studied Film at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His first feature VERFLIXT VERLIEBT (2004) won the Zurich film Prize and was awarded at the Max-Ophüls Film festival. He co-wrote VITUS (2006) which was a box office success and was shortlisted for an Oscar. His films THE SANDMAN (2011) and UNLIKELY HEROES (2014) won numerous prizes including the Audience award at the Locarno Film festival. STREAKER (2017) was a commercial success and was sold to over 50 territories. BON SCHUUR TICINO has a brilliant Swiss cinema release in autumn 2023.
This event is made possible by the Consulate General of Switzerland in Atlanta