Vaters Garten - Die Liebe meiner Eltern

  • 93'
  • Switzerland
  • 2013
One day, Peter Liechti bumps into his elderly father on the street. They both act as if they are complete strangers. This embarrassingly awkward situation, so bizarre and yet so familiar, is the starting point of his film, in which Liechti decides to get to know his aging parents as if for the first time, and to make them rediscover each other. He interviews each separately, asking the same questions and raising difficult family issues that usually remain unspoken. His mother and father turn out to be very different from one another in character and personality, and both can only wonder how they have managed to stay together for sixty-two years. A highly personal film raising issues of basic European values and rituals - marriage, family, home, discipline, labour... and the way these shape our lives, sometimes against our will. A loving and daring film that only a son could make about his parents.
Director
Peter Liechti
Country of production
Switzerland
Year
2013
Festival Edition
IFFR 2014
Length
93'
Medium
DCP
International title
Father's Garden - The Love of My Parents
Languages
English, German
Producer
Peter Liechti
Production Company
Liechti Filmproduktion
Sales
Deckert Distribution
Screenplay
Peter Liechti
Cinematography
Peter Liechti
Editor
Tania Stöcklin
Sound Design
Florian Eidenbenz, Peter Bräker
Music
Dominik Blum, Tamriko Kortdzaia, Ensemble Recherche
Website
http://peterliechti.ch
Director
Peter Liechti
Country of production
Switzerland
Year
2013
Festival Edition
IFFR 2014
Length
93'
Medium
DCP
International title
Father's Garden - The Love of My Parents
Languages
English, German
Producer
Peter Liechti
Production Company
Liechti Filmproduktion
Sales
Deckert Distribution
Screenplay
Peter Liechti
Cinematography
Peter Liechti
Editor
Tania Stöcklin
Sound Design
Florian Eidenbenz, Peter Bräker
Music
Dominik Blum, Tamriko Kortdzaia, Ensemble Recherche
Website
http://peterliechti.ch