Alpine Fire (1985)

  • R
  • 10/10/1985 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h

a story of love without bonds.

Overview

A year on an Alpine farm: an older couple have two children, Belli, who wanted to be a teacher, and the younger Franzi, deaf, and although he works like a man, child-like. Belli teaches him. In his work, he can become frustrated, so when he throws an expensive mower over a cliff in a fit of pique, his father banishes him to the outskirts of the farm, where he uses pubescent energy to break rocks and build walls and cairns. (It's the tradition of the father's family, called "The Irascibles" by neighbors, to spend puberty doing this.) Belli visits him and they begin sleeping together. By winter, the boy is back in the house and Belli is pregnant. Soon her parents must know.

Fredi M. Murer

Director, Writer

Cast

Thomas Nock's headshot

Thomas Nock

Der Bub
Johanna Lier's headshot

Johanna Lier

Belli
Dorothea Moritz's headshot

Dorothea Moritz

Mutter
Rolf Illig's headshot

Rolf Illig

Vater
Tilli Breidenbach's headshot

Tilli Breidenbach

Großmutter
Jörg Odermatt's headshot

Jörg Odermatt

Großvater

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