GOING PRIVATE

NACHBEBEN

Directed by Stina Werenfels

TUESDAY JANUARY 16 3:30PM CASTRO

A garden party on Switzerland’s trendy Gold Coast goes irreparably awry in this dramatic investigation into the overlapping of work and private life. Attempting to rebound from the suicide of a business partner, some shady business dealings and a current cash flow problem, host and formerly successful businessman Hans Peter “H.P.” Ammann tries to sell his boss on a nanotechnology deal in Latvia. Also in attendance are the men’s wives, a dishy au pair and an upwardly mobile trainee who might be after H.P.’s job. As the sun sets, tempers fray, too many drinks are guzzled and various indiscretions, business and personal, are exposed. No one is left unscathed, while it seems that the evening’s revelations have benefited at least some in this gathering. Director Stina Werenfels and co-screenwriter Petra Lüschow ably capture the event’s ebb and flow, with stellar performances by the ensemble cast.
- R. Armstrong

Co-presented by CONSULATE GENERAL OF SWITZERLAND

PURCHASE TICKET

West Coast Premiere

Country
Switzerland
Year
2006
Run Time
35mm, 96 min, color
Swiss German with
English subtitles
Cast
Michael Neuenschwander
Susanne-Marie Wrage
Bettina Stucky
Georg Scharegg
Olivia A. Frølich
Leonardo Nigro
Camera
Piotr Jaxa
Screenwriter
Petra Lüschow
Stina Werenfels (story)
Printsource
Dschoint Ventschr Fimproduktion AG
Email
office@dschointventschr.ch
Awards
23. Europa Cinema Festival Viareggio:
Best Film.
Schwerin Filmkunst Festival:
NDR-Directors’ Prize.
ECU Filmfestival Paris:
Best Dramatic Feature
Zürcher Filmpreis.

Director

Stina Werenfels
was born in Basel in 1964. She studied film at New York University (Tisch School of the Arts), where she attended Directing Master-Classes by Spike Lee, Arthur Penn a.o. In 1995 she was awarded the ‘Graduate Achievement in Documentary’ for her film FRAGMENTS FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE. Back in Switzerland she filmed the short film PASTRY, PAIN & POLITICS, which won many awards, including the Swiss Film Prize. In 2003 she directed MEIER MARYLIN (TV), GOING PRIVATE is her first feature film.