Ticino Film Commission

Songs of Love and Hate

by Katalin Gödrös

Because of her newly awakening sexuality, the charming Lili gives rise to a disturbing family drama of temptation and seduction, lies and truth.

Feature films

DATA SHEET
Orginal title:
Songs of Love and Hate
Year:
2010
Length (min.):
90'
Original language:
Italiano
Subtitles:
Tedesco, Italiano, Francese
Production:

Cobra Film AG

Co-Producers:
Amka Films Productions SA, RSI
Worlds sales:
Distributors:
Filmcoopi Zürich AG, Missing Film
With the support of:
  • Bundesamt für Kultur Edi, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Suissimage, Republica e cantone ticino, Filmplus della Svizzera Italiana, MEDIA
Facts & Figures:
Prima mondiale: Locarno film festival Agosto 2010
Prizes
(selection):
  • Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2011 -Nachwuchsdarstellerpreis
Festivals
(selection):
  • 22nd Palm Springs International Film Festival 2011
  • 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011
  • 26th Warsaw International Film Festival 2010
  • 44. Internationale Hofer Filmtage 2010
  • 41st International Film Festival of India Goa 2010
  • 34th Cairo International Film Festival 2010
  • 63. Festival del film Locarno 2010
Official website:
CONTACT
SYNOPSIS

Vintner Rico lives with his wife and his two daughters at the foot of the Alps. Lilli perturbs the hitherto harmonious family life through her emergent sexuality. The child is turning into a woman and her father’s gaze loses its innocence. Frightened, Rico rejects his daughter. His suppressed desire torments him, while his rejected daughter adopts unusual ways to regain her place in childhood paradise, turning her father into a witness of her cruel games. Refusing to believe what he sees, he feels unwittingly guilty and becomes her accomplice. The mother tries to understand what is happening to her increasingly moody and aloof husband and is unsettled by her daughter’s coldness. Only the younger sister remains unaffected by it all: she experiences the joys of a happy first love with the outsider Ronny. Finally, the situation rears its ugly head.



LOCATION
Bellinzona, Biasca and surroundings
Lugano and surroundings
Mendrisio, Chiasso and surroundings
COLLECTIONS
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CAST & CREW
Direction:
Katalin Gödrös
Film script:
Katalin Gödrös, Dagmar Gabler, Lars Theuerkauff
Cast:
Sarah Horváth, Jeroen Willems, Ursina Lardi, Luisa Sappelt, Joel Basman
Director of photography:
Henner Besuch
Scenography:
Su Erdt
Costumes:
Linda Harper
Makeup:
Heiko Schmidt
Sound:
Ingrid Städeli
Editing:
Silke Botsch
Sound editing:
Peter Von Siebenthal
Music:
Pawel Kominek
Producers:
Susann Rüdlinger
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