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A small-town mum joins the suffrage movement in Switzerland.
Frank, serving a life sentence, takes a prison job caring for ageing inmates with Alzheimer’s and dementia. What begins as a self-interested bid for parole becomes a profound, transformative bond with fellow inmate Louis, offering Frank a glimpse of redemption in an unforgiving place.
A series set in 1945. Finally, there is peace in Europe. In Switzerland too, a whole generation breathes a sigh of relief as it faces a new and hopeful future. Peacetime, although long awaited and promising, also holds unforeseen challenges.
Going off-plan Ben Wheatley on early inspirations, developing his craft and making Normal
The accidental revolutionary Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue discuss artistic evolution and Blaise
Embracing complexity Nigel Santos on the messiness of real life romance, and Open Endings
Alone together Park Joon-ho on loneliness, North Korean experience, gay life and 3670
The destroyer of worlds Daniel Everitt-Lock on experiences of atomic testing and Our Planet, The People, My Blood
Taking the temperature Jacqueline Zünd on exploring the climate crisis through companion films Heat and Don't Let The Sun
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