HOMECINEMATVDOCUMENTATIONSTEAMCONTACT
DE

THE YEAR OF CHANGE (L’ANNÉE DU CAPRICORNE)

A film by Jean-Luc Wey 

CAST Claude-Inga Barbey, Maria Blanco, Kàroly Eperjes, Patrick Lapp, Maurice Aufair, Leyla Aubert, Christian Robert Charrue a.o.

DIRECTOR Jean-Luc Wey
SCREENPLAY Jean-Luc Wey, Philipp Morand, Claude-Inga Barbey
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Edvin Horak
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Marie-Claude Lang Brenguier
COSTUME DESIGNER Greta Roderer
SOUND ENGINEER Pavol Jasovsky, Denis Séchaud, Andy Sigg
EDITOR Kathrin Plüss
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE Bernard Lang
PRODUCER Veit Heiduschka / Bernard Lang
PRODUCTION COMPANY WEGA-Filmproduktion / Bernard Lang (CH)
WORLD SALES Bernard Lang
TECHNICAL DATA 107 min., 16mm (blowup to 35mm), Colour, Dolby SR ©1997

Synopsis

January 1957, in a small town in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. A middle-class house, the home of two sisters, Clara and Thérèse, whose characters could not be more different. After their father is institutionalized, the two women take over the family business, which specializes in precision optics. One day, the floor of the music room collapses after being ravaged by termites. Karoly, a Hungarian refugee and jack-of-all-trades, is hired to repair the damage. The Hungarian’s presence causes ripples in the seemingly unchangeable life of the two sisters…

back