SILVER FOREST
synopsis
A coming-of-age story, set in a small Swiss town in a bleak winter landscape. A group of boys struggle with their mounting anger with the mundane world, resulting in a string of escalating acts of violence. Deep in the forest they finally find a release for their aggression by joining a skinhead gang – only to discover the boundaries where harmless play turns into murder.
| international title: | Silver Forest |
| original title: | Silberwald |
| country: | Switzerland |
| year: | 2010 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Christine Repond |
| film run: | 85' |
| release date: | CH 30/11/2011 |
| screenplay: | Christine Repond |
| cast: | Saladin Dellers, Naftali Wyler, Basil Medici, Heidi Züger, Dieter Stoll, Carmen Klug, Naemi Eggimann, Marcus Signer, Christoph Gaugler, Danièle Themis |
| cinematography by: | Michael Leuthner, Fabienne Gallina |
| film editing: | Ulrike Tortora, Rebecca Siegfried |
| art director: | Karin Oyewusi |
| costumes designer: | Julia Ensner |
| producer: | Karin Koch |
| production: | Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Allary Film, SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen |
| distributor: | Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG |
