Septemberwind

September winds
Il vento di settembre – Storie di migranti

Switzerland, April 2002
FILM, Documentary, 105 min.

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directed by
Alexander J. Seiler
Written by
Katharina Bürgi, Alexander J. Seiler
Status
In distribution

Forty years after “Siamo ialiani”, the author devotes himself to several of the “foreign workers” who had flocked to Switzerland from southern Italy. The young couple of once-upon-a-time have retired and are now back in their homeland in Apulia enjoying the fruits of their working days abroad – and also yearning for a visit from their children who live in Switzerland. It is not only the second generation Italians in Switzerland who feel as if they are “half-Swiss, half-Italian”: Some of the former migrants, though they have returned to Apulia, find themselves most often “in Switzerland” in their thoughts. “I am constantly missing something”, says the 40-year old Anna. “Distance and desire tear at the heart” – is how the 65-year-old Tonuccio sums up the life of the migrants.

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World Premiere
April 2002
Original Version
Italian, German (italian/german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 105 min.
Production
ventura film sa
Producer
directed by
Alexander J. Seiler
Written by
Katharina Bürgi, Alexander J. Seiler
Cinemato­graphy
Pio Corradi
Editing
Rainer M. Trinkler
Location Sound Mix
Nicola Bellucci

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World Rights
ventura film sa

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Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution

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