Film "Berezina or the last days of Switzerland"

"Die cheibe Bräme - die cheibe Schwiizer": as in the song by the trio Geschwister Schmid, the men buzz around Yelena Panova's Irina like Bremen - until she strikes back. Even after more than 20 years, Daniel Schmid's satire on Switzerland has lost none of its bite. And the last 25 minutes are still some of the funniest in Swiss film history. It is also the story of a moustache. Namely that of business lawyer Dr. Waldvogel, who loses a bit of his moustache after every evening visit to Irina. Like his upper lip, Switzerland is increasingly exposed - as a country full of power-hungry people who end up having to bend the knee to a young immigrant, and not just in the bedroom. The screenplay by bestselling author Martin Suter is full of poison darts against the hypocrisy, superficiality and egotism in our country. But Schmid and Suter also treat their homeland with a great deal of love. With Irina, they use the perspective of an outsider who captures the beauty of the country in beautiful, broken German words - and even Swiss German songs. Touching and very funny. No reservation necessary.