Peripherie

fiction | 90’ | Episode “Sonam” | 2016

August 1, in Zurich. Vinc and his accomplices plan an attack on a commercial street, to make a statement against capitalism in Switzerland. Meanwhile the peace and quiet of the gamekeeper, Edi, gets disturbed, because a financial emergency puts his morals into question. Sonam starts her first day at work as a Police officer. There she gets to know the shady side of the job. Full of hope, Sonja, a young Ukrainian woman, arrives in Zurich to surprise the love of her life. Javier doesn’t feel at home in Switzerland anymore and decides to return to Chile. He takes his daughter with him, but without her mother knowing.

With Pema Shitsetsang, Urs Humbel, Dardan Sadik and others
Written by Romana Friedli, Remie Blaser, Olga Dinnikova, Jérôme Furrer
Co-directed by Lisa Brühlmann, Yasmin Jörg, Wendy Pionel, Luca Ribler
Cinematography by Simon Bitterli
Editing by Simon Gutknecht
Music by Dimitri Käch
Produced by Zurich University of the Arts