Früher oder später

Sooner or Later
Tôt ou tard

Switzerland, October 2003
FILM, Documentary, 93 min.

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directed by
Jürg Neuenschwander
Written by
Jürg Neuenschwander, Nicolas Broccard
Status
In distribution
Website
www.frueheroderspaeter.ch / www.soonerorlater.ch

Thought-provoking and moving, “sooner or later” explores life's only inevitability, death. Jürg Neuenschwander's camera takes us into the hospital rooms, morgues and homes where life comes to pass. A young couple saying their last goodbyes to their newborn son or the teenager coming to terms with a fatal disease: the film accompanies those affected by death, and compares our western attitude to death with that in Tibetan culture. Final goodbyes from life are universally painful and difficult, and Neuenschwander's sensitive film subtly reminds us of our own mortality.

credits

World Premiere
October 2003
Original Version
Swiss-German, Tibetan,  colour, 35mm, 93 min.
Production
Carac Film AG, ARTE G.E.I.E., SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Teleclub AG, Container Film AG
Producer
Theres Scherer-Kollbrunner
directed by
Jürg Neuenschwander
Written by
Jürg Neuenschwander, Nicolas Broccard
Cinemato­graphy
Philippe Cordey
Editing
Regina Bärtschi
Location Sound Mix
Ingrid Städeli

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Carac Film AG , Container Film AG

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution

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