Kursverlust (film)
Kursverlust ("declining share price") is a 2013 Swiss drama film directed by Barbara Kulcsar. It's a Swiss production of SRF and was first presented to the public on 13. October 2013. It was nominated for the Television Film Festival Baden-Baden 2013.
| Kursverlust | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Barbara Kulcsar |
| Produced by | Valentin Greutert, Simon Hesse |
| Written by | Jan Poldervaart |
| Music by | Michael Sauter (Componist)|Michael Sauter |
| Cinematography | Tobias Dengler |
| Edited by | Gion-Reto Killias |
| Distributed by | SRF |
Release date | 13 October 2013 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Language | Swiss German |
Cast
- Judith Hofmann: Julia
- Beat Marti: Robert, her husband
- Michel Voïta: Elias
- Sibylle Brunner: Verena, Julia's mother
- Pablo Grünig: Pascal
- Nusa Schneider: Lena
- Kenneth Häcki: Léon
- Nuria Imholz: Nora
- Matthias Fankhauser: Alain
- Isabelle Menke: Sylvie, wife of Alain
- Vito Gravante: Salvatore
- Stefano Wenk: principal Betschard
- Nicole Godel Bachmann: officer
Plot
As Robert loses his job at the international business financing, Julia's life changes. Now Robert stays at home and he acts patiently for searching a new job. In the following days Julia meets an oddly homeless man. He helps her to overcome her mind crisis. She swims to the bank because suddenly her boat overturns. Julia is a happy mother and a successful oarswoman. She is also a successful businesswoman. This picture of herself communicates she to Elias, but this isn't true. In fact, her husband Robert had lost his job at the international business financing, because that company had business failure. She is team leader of the social assistance office Biel and responsible for the rising number of people.
From now on, mother of Julia comes to the last phase of life. Her children make what they want. Especially Pascal, her calmy son, she fend for him. Unexpected she has to call him from police station, because he and other colleagues nearly lighted the boat of Elias. The sympathetic homeless man Elias lives at the harbour and fix up his boat. Elias is content with his life, that's a fact that Julia fascinates. Therefore, Julia visits him more often. Her behaviour has consequence of Robert. He leaves his family and goes on a journey. At the end it turns out to be that Elias had lost his son on a dive catastrophe. He speaks with his family and goes back to them. Furthermore, the husband of Julia, Robert is back. Now Pascal it's son is together with a classmate.