A film by Piet Baumgartner. In Swiss-German and English with German sub­tit­les. From 17 September at the fsk. On 17 September, fol­lo­wed by a dis­cus­sion about the film.

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A fami­ly lives and works in their fami­ly-run busi­ness, which rents out, sells and repairs excava­tors. Whilst they are preoc­cu­p­ied with ever­y­day life and the demands of the busi­ness, they find it dif­fi­cult to talk open­ly about fee­lings, love and inti­ma­cy. When their daugh­ter is kil­led in an acci­dent, the family’s life is thrown into turm­oil. The son feels misun­ders­tood and choo­ses to move to the USA rather than take over the busi­ness. The father seeks dis­trac­tion and falls in love with the new choir direc­tor, whilst the mother remains iso­la­ted at home with the dog. Grief leads to a loss of words; misun­derstan­dings mount up and erupt into anger and con­flict. ‘Bagger Drama’ tells the sto­ry of a fami­ly that, despi­te all the chal­lenges, tri­es to come to terms with loss, love and pain – a moving coming-of-age film about peo­p­le sear­ching for ans­wers and machi­nes that keep working tirelessly.

„A fami­ly seems indes­truc­ti­ble, unless it des­troys its­elf. I am both ama­zed and fasci­na­ted by how litt­le one is able to say within a fami­ly about the things that trou­ble one most. Where I come from, pro­blems aren’t dis­cus­sed; you deal with such things on your own.
My way out of this fami­ly vacu­um is through sto­rytel­ling. Interestingly, the sto­ry beco­mes neither bet­ter nor worse, but tel­ling it crea­tes a sen­se of distance. This allows me, as someone invol­ved, to look at the sto­ry objec­tively. Then the pro­cess of coming to terms with it can begin. It is my most per­so­nal work to date.” Piet Baumgartner

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Credits:

CH 2024, 96 mins, Swiss German, English with German sub­tit­les,
Director: Piet Baumgartner
Cinematography: Pascal Reinmann
Editing: Tania Stöcklin
Starring: Bettina Stucky, Phil Hayes, Vincent Furrer, Maximilian Reichert, Karin Pfammatter, Ramona Saluz, Nathanael Schaer and many more

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