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THE SPARROW IN THE CHIMNEY


A FILM BY RAMON ZÜRCHER 
THE SPARROW IN THE CHIMNEY

FICTION · 2024
SWITZERLAND
117 MIN

SYNOPSIS Karen and Markus live with their children in Karen's parents' house, a rural idyll. For Markus' birthday, Karen's sister Jule and her family arrive. The two sisters could not be more different. Dark memories of their deceased mother intensify Jule's urge to rebel against her sister's regime. As the house increasingly fills with life, Karen's tension grows until everything escalates into a fiery inferno. An inferno that destroys the old in order to create the new.
CREDITS WORLD PREMIERE: Planned for 3rd quarter 2024
ORIGINAL VERSION: German
PRODUCTION: Zürcher Film GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
PRODUCER: Silvan Zürcher
DIRECTED BY: Ramon Zürcher
WRITTEN BY: Ramon Zürcher
MUSIC COMPOSED BY: Balz Bachmann

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