Synopsis
After the death of his mother, a lonely farmer in rural Switzerland considers finally starting a family of his own. Eventually he pays for a bride from Thailand. The couple don't share a language, but being to know each other. However the village neighbors are suspicious of foreigners.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
24 audience votes
Key crew
- Urs OdermattDirector
- David LautrecOriginal Music Composer
- Urs OdermattWriter
Cast
- Wolfram BergerWindleter
- Werner HerzogBusinger
- Helen VitaMatrimonial Agent
- Annamirl BierbichlerVreneli
- Arunotai JitreekanThai Woman
- Mathias Gnädinger'Hirschen'-Wirt
- Günter MeisnerPriest Barmettler
- Michael GempartPostal Clerk
- Marie-Thérèse MäderJeannine
- Huerequeque Enrique BohórquezFaden-Kari
- Jan KadlecBoris
- Daniela TallaricoTamara
Stills
Themes
marriagemelancholyreligionracismsex traffickingrural lifeambiguousempathetic