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Original Film Title: The Man on the Church Spire
Director’s Name: Edwin Beeler
Writer’s Name: Edwin Beeler
Producer: Edwin Beeler, Urs Augstburger
Country of Origin: Switzerland
Country of Filming: Switzerland
Language: German, Swiss German
Runtime: 1 hour 20 minutes
Film Description:
He is the village chimney sweep, and as a roofer, he loves working on church steeples at dizzying heights. For the boy, his grandfather is a lucky charm and a strong man. He wants to emulate him and learn more about his heritage. But his grandfather’s fall from the roof changes everything, and on the filmmaker’s 31st birthday, an unimaginable suicide occurs.
What remains are open questions about intergenerational trauma, about male dominance, female subordination, about one’s own identity – and silence.