Grauzone
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Without knowing it, Alfred and Julia live in a land of pure invention. It is the richest and most beautiful land in the world. From a height, this land looks like a piece of felt, from close up like a clean and tiny park. The footpaths are lined with benches and the streets with banks. Alfred and Julia have been married for 8 years, are childless, and live on the 16th floor of a new building. Thanks to their various crises, they have got to know each other somewhat better, but their most outstanding characteristic remains their mediocrity. On Friday, August 12th 1977, a mysterious epidemic breaks out in their country. The mass media ensure that the news is widely broadcast. The authorities order a ban on information, but those concerned break their imposed silence.
Fredi M. Murer
Fredi M. Murer is a Swiss filmmaker, photographer, and illustrator. The youngest of six children, he enrolled at the Zurich School of Fine Arts in 1959. During the Expo 64 in Lausanne, he worked on image design for the "School System and Education" pavilion, by Max Bill and Josef Müller Brockmann. He then dedicated himself to his filmmaking career. After making a few films in the 1960s, he directed his first major documentary in 1974, focusing on mountain farming. He later created a fiction film, Grauzone (1979), which explores existential malaise in urban environments. This was followed by one of his most popular films, Alpine Fire (1985). One of his recent films, Vitus (2006), won several awards, including Best Film at the Swiss Film Awards.
