Motherland

INFORMATION

in coproduction with Mira Film (CH) and SRF

Supported by BKM, Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Federal Office of Culture (BAK), Zurich Film Foundation

World premiere: 57th Hof International Film Festival
International premiere: 59th Solothurn Film Festival

SYNOPSIS

Director Miriam Pucitta grew up as the child of Italian migrant workers in Switzerland in the 1960s and 70s. She herself has only fragmentary memories of this time; her mother and other relatives avoid Miriam’s questions. Together with her daughter Giulia, she researches the circumstances of her family’s life in Switzerland and finds a new understanding for the difficult decisions her parents made.

With

Marcella Tonin
Catia Porri
Daniela Perco
Antonio Grasso
Giulia Chauvistré

Team

Director & Writer: Miriam Pucitta
Producer: Ingo Fliess
Co-Producer: Susanne Guggenberger
Editor: Urs Augstburger SRF
Music: Daniel Almada
Director of Photography: Carlotta Holy Steinemann, Stéphane Kuthy, Markus Belde, Miriam Pucitta
Assembly: Miriam Pucitta, Natascha Cartolaro
Dramaturgy Editing: Katharina Schmidt
Sound engineers: Markus Egglhof, Jean-Piere Gerth, Barnaby Hall, Reto Stamm
Sound design & mixing: Jörg Elsner
Postproduction coordination: Fabian Spang
Line Producer: Luzie Lohmeyer