Lisa is moving out. Mara is left behind. As boxes are shifted, walls painted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up, yearnings fill the room and an emotional rollercoaster is set in motion. A tragicomic catastrophe film. A poetic ballad about change and transience.

Direction: Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher

Script: Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher

Production: Aline Schmid

Co-Production: Adrian Blaser

Cinematography: Alexander Hasskerl

Editing: Ramon Zürcher, Katharina Bhend

Production Design: Sabina Winkler, Mortimer Chen

Costume Design: Anne-Sophie Raemy

Make-Up: Simone Enkerli

Sound: Balthasar Jucker

Original Score: Philippe Moll

Visual Effects: Eugen Danzinger

Cast: Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat, Ursina Lardi, Ivan Georgiev, André M. Hennicke, Sabine Timoteo

Original Title: DAS MÄDCHEN UND DIE SPINNE

Original Language: German

Film Production Country: Switzerland

Website: https://the-girl-and-the-spider.com/bio/

Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/thegirlandthespider

Statement of the Director/s
The Swiss twin brothers Ramon and Silvan Zürcher compose a poetic panopticon of forms of human relationships, that meanders between a study of everyday life, a fairy-tale and a psychological portrait of a brittle world. After their Berlinale-hit THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT (2013), THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER is the second instalment of a trilogy about human togetherness. A ballad about the need for closeness and the pain of separation, a tragicomic catastrophe film.

Biography of the Director/s
Ramon and Silvan Zürcher are twin brothers born in 1982. After high school in Switzerland, Ramon completes a Visual Arts degree at the Bern School of Arts (HKB) while Silvan studies at the Universities of Bern and Zurich. They both study at the German Film and TV Academy Berlin (DFFB) and complete 2013 their degree with the feature-length fiction film THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT, which premieres at the Berlinale Forum in 2013 and is shown at numerous international festivals (incl. Toronto, Cannes, Viennale, New Directors/ New Films) and receives several awards. THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER is their second feature-length film.
Filmography of the Director/s
2021 DAS MÄDCHEN UND DIE SPINNE
2013 DAS MERKWÜRDIGE KÄTZCHEN

Awards Won
Berlinale 2021: Best Director & FIPRESCI Prize

Production Company:
Beauvoir Films
Aline Schmid Adrian Blaser
28, Rue de Montbrillant
Genève, 1201, Switzerland
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +41 78 792 31 22
Website: https://beauvoirfilms.ch/

World Sales:
CERCAMON
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Dubai, 207, United Arab Emirates
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Phone: +971 566 063 824
Website: https://beauvoirfilms.ch/

Press:
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