Nilou

Germany / Switzerland, October 2009
FILM, Fiction, 24 min.

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directed by
Amir Hamz
Written by
Amir Hamz
Status
In distribution

Nilou is a big Switzerland fan and works at a beauty salon in Tehran, but she is not happy. At home, things are not much better: her relatives are urging her to get married. By accident, a mysterious vendor sells her a book on Swiss language. Nilou begins studying and her grandmother makes her a gift: a journey to Switzerland. But Switzerland has four official languages, and Nilou has been studying the least used: Rumantsch. When she arrives in Zurich, she quickly realises: no one understands her.

credits

World Premiere
October 2009
Original Version
Raeto-Romance, Persian, German (english subtitles),  colour, Digi Beta, 24 min.
ISAN
0000-0002-5A90-0000-3
Production
Augenblick Films, RTR Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha
Producer
Anna Thayenthal, Amir Hamz
directed by
Amir Hamz
Written by
Amir Hamz
Cinemato­graphy
Simon Guy Fässler
Editing
Claude Thommen, Sebastian Bruns
Sound Editing
Jan Cziharz, Leo Brunnsteiner
Sound Design
Jan Cziharz, Leo Brunnsteiner
Re-Recording Mix
Martin Grube
Music
Frank Haim Ilfman
Location Sound Mix
Marco Teufen, Vahid Hadjiloo
Production Design
Leonie Morgenthaler
Lighting Design
Matthias Pilz
Costumes
Leonie Morgenthaler
Casting
Anna Madeleine

Cast

Elmira Rafizadeh as Nilou
Hassan Amiri as Bookseller
Efat Rasulinegat as Grandmother
Esther von Arx as receptionist
Aki Allahgholi as Barkeeper
Nadia Eshkewari as Mrs. Karimi
Mahsa Abdol Maleki as Beauty salon client
Farah Tabatabai as Nilou's mother
Jale Azam Azmoon as Mrs. Salehi

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