Franz Engi returns to his hometown after being away for 30 years. A lot of things have changed in that time. There are only few families with children left in the village and that is why the school is about to be closed down. Franz decides to save the school and teacher Eva's job in a very unusual way....
Acting
Mathias Gnädinger's gruff warmth carries every scene he's in.
Writing
The 'unusual way' to save a school is genuinely unexpected.
Director
Christoph Schaub
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sternenberg reflects real Swiss rural depopulation crises in the early 2000s, when remote villages literally paid families to move in.
Mathias Gnädinger, who plays Franz, was primarily a stage actor; this was one of his rare leading film roles before his death in 2015.
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