The big summer

Movie
Original title	The big summer
Country of production	Switzerland
original language	Swiss German
Publishing year	2016
length	98 minutes
Rod
Director	Stefan Jäger
script	Theo Plakoudakis , Marco Salituro
production	Katrin Renz
music	Angelo Berardi
camera	Knut Schmitz
cut	Robin Wenger
occupation
Mathias Gnädinger : Anton Sommer Loïc Sho Güntensperger : Hiro Akima Mitsuko Baisho : Masako Tomio Suga : Bunta Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart : Müri Sonja Riesen : Zgraggen Monica Gubser : Mrs. Beck Gilles Schyvens : Anton Sommer (1964) Jonathan Loosli : Kurt Mäder Reto Stalder : Hofer Magdalena Neuhaus : Florist

The big summer is a Swiss comedy film by Stefan Jäger from 2016. The film was produced in Switzerland and Japan and was released in Swiss cinemas at the end of January 2016. It shows Mathias Gnädinger in his last role.

content

Anton Sommer lives withdrawn. He was a successful wrestler at a young age and is now primarily concerned with ships in bottles . When the landlady of his apartment dies unexpectedly, he is pressured by Hiro, a grandson of the deceased, to accompany him to Japan. He wants to attend a sumo school there. Sommer initially resists, but ultimately gives in after Hiro threatens to quit his apartment. It's summer's first trip abroad. It is a journey across the Far East, where summer is always infectious with his Swiss mentality , but has to be amazed to note that his imposing appearance is treated with respect and awe. The two unequal and so different characters rub against each other, grow together and slowly a deep friendship develops between Anton and Hiro. Summer also learns to come to terms with his past, while love strikes him unexpectedly and like a bolt of lightning.

publication

The film had its world premiere on December 14, 2015 in Tokyo . It was shown for the first time in Switzerland at the Solothurn Film Festival in January 2016 and was shown in Swiss cinemas on January 28th. The film was also shown in Copenhagen at the CHP PIX Film Festival.

evaluation

With almost 80,000 viewers since the cinema release by the distribution company Impuls Pictures AG, the Kömodie by Stefan Jäger became the most successful German-Swiss feature film of 2016.

Web links

• The great summer in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Filmography: The Great Summer . tellfilm.ch. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
2. ↑ Michael Sennhauser: Gnädinger's last premiere: The great summer . Swiss radio and television SRF Kultur . January 27, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
3. ↑ Martin Helg: incorruptible Swiss. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . February 4, 2016, accessed February 6, 2016 . 
4. ↑ SWISS FILMS: CPH: PIX Int. Film festival. Retrieved August 28, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ProCinema: ProCinema: statistics - filmdb - 1010709. Accessed August 28, 2019 .