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Section: Documentary Film
The Girl Down Loch Änzi (2016)
Twelve-year-old Laura lives in the Swiss hills on the family farm. She is fascinated by a local legend about a maiden who is supposed to be held captive in the caves close to where she lives. But she won’t dare go check out the story on her own. She whiles away the lonely days bird-watching and helping out on the farm. Then a boy from the city comes to work on the farm. Will he be a new friend and take her to the famous cave where no one else dares to go?
| Country | Switzerland |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Duration | 87 min |
| Rating | 8 |
| Language | German |
| Subtitle | English, Simultanneous transla |
| Directed by | Alice Schmid |
| Screenplay | Alice Schmid |
| Director of Photography | Aurelio Buchhalter |
| Music | Thomas Jeker, Rea Dubach |
| Edited by | Anja Bombelli |
| Contact | Ciné A.S. GmbH |
Biography
A Swiss screenwriter and director. She studied languages and gained a film education in Bern and New York. In her internationally acclaimed works, she uses themes of children and teenagers, e.g. Say No (1993), I Killed People (1999) and The Children from the Napf (Die Kinder vom Napf, 2011).
Documentary, Education, Family, Growing Up, Tradition, Nature, Mystery, Adventure, Environment