RASCALS ON THE ROAD

MEIN NAME IST EUGEN

Michael Steiner

SUNDAY JANUARY 14 11AM CASTRO

From the literary classic by Klaus Schädelin, RASCALS ON THE ROAD is a coming of age story set in the 1960s. In it, we share 12-year-old Eugen and Wrigley’s last summer of boyhood adventure. When Wrigley’s parents announce their intention of packing him off to boarding school, the boys run away, hoping to find Fritzli Bühler, the “King of Rascals,” who supposedly lives in Zurich. On the train there, Eugen and Wrigley come across their Scout group, which they feel they must join—at least until they make another getaway in Ticino, from which they attempt to cycle back to Zurich. By now their parents are on their trail, and as the boys continue on their precarious journey over the Alps, they begin to doubt whether Fritzli Bühler really lives in Zurich and whether he actually exists at all.

Co-presented by CONSULATE GENERAL OF SWITZERLAND

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US Premiere

Country
Switzerland
Year
2005
Run Time
35mm, 97 min, color
Swiss German with
English subtitles
Cast
Manuel Häberli
Janic Halioua
Dominic Hänni,
Alex Niederhäuser
Beat Schlatter
Camera
Pascal Walder
Screenwriter
Michael Sauter
Christoph Frey
Michael Steiner
Printsource
Beta Film GmbH
Email
isabelle.griessbach@betacinema.com
Awards
Grand Prix Montréal
Enfants 2006.
Solothurn Schweizer Filmpreis 2006:
Swiss Film Prize.
Best Fiction Film
Zürcher Filmpreis 2006.
Prix Walo 2005.

Director

Michael Steiner
was born in 1969 in Hergiswil, Switzerland. After completing University in Zurich, he worked as a journalist, press photographer, and director. His films include AUF HERZ UND NIEREN (2000), SPITAL IN ANGST (2001), SUITE 705 (2002) and GROUNDING – DIE LETZTEN TAGE DER SWISSAIR (2006).