The Italians / September Wind - 2-DVD Set ( Siamo italiani / Il vento di settembre )

The Italians / September Wind - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Siamo italiani / Il vento di settembre
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Switzerland ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
184 min + 10 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1964 - 2002 and produced in:
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Alexander J. Seiler

Written By:
Alexander J. Seiler
Rob Gnant

Actors:
Alexander J. Seiler

Synopsis:

The Italians (1964)
More than half a million Italians live and work in Switzerland, comprising a tenth of the entire population. They are needed in a country whose economy is geared to rely on foreign labour, but at the same time their presence is resented by the Swiss who regard them as intruders. It is an abnormal situation in which the Italians come to be regarded not as people so much as 'a problem'. This documentary gets behind the bitter prejudices and misconceptions that all Swiss hold to some degree about the Italians, and tries to understand just what life means to the Italian worker in Switzerland.
September Wind (2002)
Forty years after 'Siamo ialiani', the author devotes himself to several of the 'foreign workers' who had flocked to Switzerland from southern Italy. The young couple of once-upon-a-time have retired and are now back in their homeland in Apulia enjoying the fruits of their working days abroad - and also yearning for a visit from their children who live in Switzerland. It is not only the second generation Italians in Switzerland who feel as if they are 'half-Swiss, half-Italian': Some of the former migrants, though they have returned to Apulia, find themselves most often 'in Switzerland' in their thoughts.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 26 April, 2015.