29th Film Festival Max Ophuels Prize

14.01.2008 to 20.01.2008
Saarbruecken
The INTERFILM Jury at the Max-Ophuels-Prize 2008, from left: Eva Furrer-Haller, prize winner Stefan Jaeger, Werner Stein, Harald Koberg, Rita Weinert
 

Award of the INTERFILM Jury

Directed by:
2007
Electricity is turned off, boxes are packed, only a cold emergency lighting illuminates the house.
Suffering from cancer the father has decided to die this night. His daughter shall keep him company.
The Swiss film team succeeds in convincingly presenting the difficult issue of euthanasia, moralizing or getting voyeuristic not for a single moment. The spectators are prompted to find a personal, independent position.