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Swiss Days Festival

Switzerland released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on ordinary US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Swiss helmer Jacob Berger's That Day unfolds over a single, eventful day and is told from three dissimilar perspectives - a cheating husband, a betrayed wife and their baffled son. Serge (Bruno Todeschini) is a radio newscaster living in Meyrin, a suburb in Geneva, with his wife Pietra (Natacha Régnier) and 8 year old son Vlad. A womaniser who is having an affair with Mathilde (Noémi Kocher), Serge is torn amongst his mistress and his wife Pietra, and is unable to commune with his son. One dark, rainy morning, he leaves for work and stops on the way for a quick tryst with Mathilde. Leaving her house, unable to see in the pouring rain, Serge hits something with his car - something he thinks might have been a person. Serge is distraught, and his paranoia increments allround the morning. He tries to get selective information in regards to hit and run cases from the police, claiming it's for research. As he surrenders himself to the police, the skeptical inspector takes him to examination. Pietra finds Mathilde and Serge in bed in her house, and comprehends she has been betrayed. Vlad has a crush on Manon, a girl from school, who unbeknownst to all is Mathilde's daughter. Hoping to catch a glimpse of Manon, Vlad goes to her house and unexpectedly sees his father. The day is expended avoiding and looking at each other. How will Vlad, Serge and Pietra find each other again? Jacob Berger's intense, insular drama won the Best Director Award at the 2007 Montréal World Film Festival. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Montreal World Film Festival, ...That Day ( 1 Journée ) ( Afti ti mera )

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