Half of the world

Departement Darstellende Künste und Film

Die Hälfte der Welt (Setfoto), Jérôme Furrer, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Jérôme Furrer

Nadir – father of an immigrant family – works night shifts as a cleaner in a Zurich office building. Despite having to work very hard he’s trying to integrate himself in Switzerland and enable his son Babak a better future. One night after work he notices that the son’s room is empty. In the trash he discovers a thrown away letter from university, in the drawers he finds a torn up picture of his girlfriend and a Koran. When Babak finally arrives home the father confronts him with his findings and realizes that his son has had a change of heart he never thought was possible.

Details

  • Discipline

    Film

  • Project Type

    Abschlussarbeit

  • Field of Study

    Departement Darstellende Künste und Film

  • Authors

    Jérôme Furrer

  • Contributors / Further collaborators
    Jérôme Furrer (Director), Jérôme Furrer (Script), Tom Keller (Camera), Isil Demircan (Set design), Lisa Bruggmann (Set design), Aurelia Buchli (Set design), Pierre Funck (Music), Armin Tobler (Cut), Ramin Yazdani (Main actor), Alireza Bayram (Main actor)
  • Date

    2014

  • Links
    http://www.filmstudieren.ch/die-hälfte-der-welt