Longwave

Locarno 2013
Piazza Grande
Palm Springs International
Film Festival 2014

Longwave

A Film by Lionel Baier

2013 - France/Portugal/Switzerland - Comedy/Drama - DCP - 2.35 - 85 min.

with Valérie Donzelli , Michel Vuillermoz & Patrick Lapp

Languages: French , Portuguese
Produced by Pauline Gygax & Max Karli

April 1974. A group of Swiss radio journalists is reluctantly sent to Portugal to report on the impact of Swiss aid to the country. During their investigations they slowly start to realize that a full-scale revolution is under way.

Locarno 2013
Piazza Grande
Palm Springs International
Film Festival 2014

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