Scheherezade
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Riccardo Signorelli
Jurgen Brugger
Siegfried Terpoorten
Zoe Mikuleczky
Philipp Stengele
Antonia Beamish
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Luise is celebrating her 18th birthday on the superb yacht of her father, Peter Rehstahl, a businessman in raw materials; in his fifties, he is arrogant, sociable and foppish, much given to flashing his smile, his Ray-Bans and his gold watch. His son, Michael, joins the party with a couple who have not been invited. His friends, a banker employed by Rehstahl & Co. and his companion Valerie, who runs a gallery in London, make themselves at home, drinking champagne, bathing, water skiing on this fine Sunday afternoon. After much aimless conversation about this and that, the atmosphere slowly and almost imperceptibly changes. A latent conflict seems to poison the relationship between Rehstahl and his son, who argue about money. Angry, the latter mentions a relationship between his father and his sister Luise. The law of silence has been broken. Thus begins a long night, during which the two men clash on matters of truth and morality. An encounter that will leave no one unscathed.
Director
Riccardo Signorelli
Crew
Sybille Burkhardt
Simon Hesse
Simon Hesse
Simon Hesse
Ramon Orza
Simone Piller
Riccardo Signorelli
Riccardo Signorelli
Philipp Stengele
Corinne Stoll
Anja Sun Suko
Felix Von Muralt
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 2-12, 2001.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends) August 23 - September 3, 2001.
35mm from Super 16mm
widescreen
color
Dolby
dialogue Swiss German, High German and English
