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Wikipedia article




'Ricordare Anna' is a 2004 Swiss German and Italian language drama film. It was filmed and produced at locations in Sicily and in Switzerland, and is starring Bibiana Beglau and Mathias Gndinger.

Cast



* Bibiana Beglau as Anna Looser

* Giuseppe Cederna as Padre

* Jean-Pierre Cornu as Professor Schweizer

* Tina Engel as Pastor

* Hans-Joachim Frick as Senior civil servant

* Mathias Gndinger as Viktor Looser

* Urs Jucker as

* Stefan Kollmuss as Doctor

* Carla Mignosi as Giuseppina

* Tanja Onorato as Daniela

* Pippo Pollina as Salvo Marotta

* Yves Raeber as Dr. Mller

* Sebastian Rudolph as Frank

* Suly Rthlisberger as Beth Looser

* Margareta von Krauss as Olga Marotta

Plot (excerpt)



'Viktor Looser' (Mathias Gndinger) searches of forgiveness, and revisits places joint with his emotions and mistakes from the past, but instead of constantly focusing on his daughter's 'Anna' (Bibiana Beglau) death. He finally gets in touch with her life, far away from Switzerland, in Sicily, where Anna felt drawn to in the mid 1980s after completing her degree in Italian. The spirited student left behind her involvement in the youth rebellion of the 1980s in Zrich, and, to her father's disappointment, Anna passed up the opportunity of a career at the university...

Title



The Italian language title 'Ricordare Anna' means 'Remember Anna'.

Production



Produced by 'Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG', Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF and Radiotelevisione svizzera RSI, 'Ricordare Anna' was filmed at locations in Switzerland and Italy. The Swiss drama film premiered at the Solothurn Film Festival on 24 January 2005. On 3 February 2005 'Ricordare Anna' premierred at the Swiss German cinemas, on 22 February 2006 in the French speaking area of Switzerland.

Reception



The Swiss movie portal 'cineman' claimed, '... and that Viktor seems also to find his love to the reconciliatory happy end, is almost overdid. However, Walo Deuber has realized a full-bodied and poignant film, which is open to top-notch in the supporting roles'.

Festivals



* 2005: 40. Solothurner Filmtage.

* 2005: 58. Festival internazionale del film Locarno.

* 2006: 19me Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz.

Awards



* 2005: Swiss Film Prize, nomination 'Best Performance in a Leading Role' (Bester Hauptdarsteller/Beste Hauptdarstellerin) for Mathias Gndinger.

References




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