68
GoodGoodWatch scoreSummary
Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed's assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of Swiss bureaucracy to which Roli finds beautifully simple answer.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 72GoodWatch 68
IMDb7.2
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 5 more
Released
2017
June 21, 2017
9 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
ArabicMade in
- Switzerland
16 of 16
Jay AbdoFareed- AAAli Al-FatlawiTranslator
- RBRolf BrüggerMunicipal Council
- SBSarah BürgeMunicipal Council
- IEIrene EichenbergerMunicipal Council
- EFEnver FazlijiIslamic Mortician
Peter FreiburghausRoli
Rahel HubacherCashier- MIMerav IbrahimYara
- SISaya IbrahimIsraa
- NINina IseliMunicipal Council
- CLChristoph LanzGeomatician
- NRNicolas RosatThomas Künzli
Ruth SchweglerDoris- MKMaria Kaur BediLady at the Counter
- EZErich ZbindenMunicipal Council
Directing · 1
- Jan-Eric Mack Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Anna Schinz Writer
Production · 1
- Joël Jent Producer
Editing · 1
- Simon Gutknecht Editor
Sound · 1
- Dimitri Käch Music
Art · 3
- Fabian Lüscher Production Design
- Noemi Stoll Production Design
- Steffi Burla Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Irene Schweizer Costume Design
- Madleina von Reding Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
- Jan Mettler Cinematography
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