Ricordare Anna is a 2004 Swiss German and Italian language drama film. It was filmed and produced at locations in Sicily and in Switzerland, and is starring Bibiana Beglau and Mathias Gnädinger.
Cast
Bibiana Beglau as Anna Looser
Giuseppe Cederna as Padre
Jean-Pierre Cornu as Professor Schweizer
Tina Engel as Pastor
Hans-Joachim Frick as Senior civil servant
Mathias Gnädinger as Viktor Looser
Urs Jucker as
Stefan Kollmuss as Doctor
Carla Mignosi as Giuseppina
Tanja Onorato as Daniela
Pippo Pollina as Salvo Marotta
Yves Raeber as Dr. Müller
Sebastian Rudolph as Frank
Suly Röthlisberger as Beth Looser
Margareta von Krauss as Olga Marotta
Plot (excerpt) Viktor Looser (Mathias Gnädinger) searches of forgiveness, and revisits places joint with his emotions and mistakes from the past, but instead of constantly focusing on his daughter's Anna (Bibiana Beglau) death. He finally gets in touch with her life, far away from Switzerland, in Sicily, where Anna felt drawn to in the mid 1980s after completing her degree in Italian. The spirited student left behind her involvement in the youth rebellion of the 1980s in Zürich, and, to her father's disappointment, Anna passed up the opportunity of a career at the university...
Title
The Italian language title Ricordare Anna means Remember Anna.
Production
Produced by Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF and Radiotelevisione svizzera RSI, Ricordare Anna was filmed at locations in Switzerland and Italy. The Swiss drama film premiered at the Solothurn Film Festival on 24 January 2005. On 3 February 2005 Ricordare Anna premierred at the Swiss German cinemas, on 22 February 2006 in the French speaking area of Switzerland.
Reception
The Swiss movie portal cineman claimed, ... and that Viktor seems also to find his love to the reconciliatory happy end, is almost overdid. However, Walo Deuber has realized a full-bodied and poignant film, which is open to top-notch in the supporting roles'''.
Festivals
2005: 40. Solothurner Filmtage. 2005: 58. Festival internazionale del film Locarno. 2006: 19ème Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz.
Awards
2005: Swiss Film Prize, nomination Best Performance in a Leading Role'' (Bester Hauptdarsteller/Beste Hauptdarstellerin) for Mathias Gnädinger.