Hoffnig (2024)

feature/short

directed and produced by Davide Pascal, 30 min, Switzerland, 2024

Carol is a young woman in a Swiss city who moves back to Switzerland because she feels restricted and threatened by the approaching war and the overwhelming news. Shortly afterwards, the war also reached Switzerland. Juri is a young, foreign soldier from a devastated war zone. He is found half starved and frozen in a mountain village where Carol lives. Despite the language barrier, the two come closer over time and fall in love with each other. But Juri has been noticed in the village. In a dramatic final act, he will have to face his greatest fears.

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