Corn in the Bundeshuus
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Corn in the Bundeshuus |
| Original title | Corn in the Bundeshuus - Le génie hélvétique |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | German , Swiss German , French |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jean-Stéphane Bron |
| production | Robert Boner |
| music | Christian Garcia |
| camera | Eric Stitzel |
| cut | Karine Sudan |
Mais im Bundeshuus (French: Le génie hélvétique ) is a Swiss documentary from 2003.
content
The film takes a look behind the scenes of parliamentary operations in the Bernese Bundeshaus (in dialect: Bundeshuus ) and accompanies five national councilors from various parties during the debate on a new law on genetic engineering . These are Liliane Chappuis (SP / FR), the organic farmer Maya Graf (Greens / BL), the electrical engineering professor Jacques Neirynck (CVP / VD), the farmer Josef Kunz (SVP / LU) and the Novartis employee Johannes Randegger (FDP / BS), all of whom belonged to the Science Commission in the 1999-2003 legislative period. While some advocate a strict ban, others do not want to interfere with genetic engineering research under any circumstances.
Discussing, lobbying, persuading, arguing ... the road to the finished law is lengthy, but is portrayed as an exciting thriller to the layman. In the plenary vote of the National Council in autumn 2002, a five-year moratorium , which was introduced by the genetic engineering critics in the commission, was narrowly rejected. In 2005, however, the moratorium prevailed in a federal referendum.
The German-language title Mais im Bundeshuus plays with the double meaning of corn as a plant ( maize ) - which is genetically modified - and the meaning of argument in the Swiss dialect . The French-language title génie hélvétique is also a play on words; it refers to génie génétique (genetic engineering) and means something like Swiss technology .
Award
Mais im Bundeshuus was awarded the Swiss Film Prize in the category Best Documentary in Solothurn in 2004.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Corn in Parliament in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- www.maisimbundeshuus.ch ( Memento from December 7, 2004 in the Internet Archive )