Die Herbstzeitlosen (2006)

Director:

Bettina Oberli

Writers:

Bettina Oberli (story)
Sabine Pochhammer (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 March 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Centers around four older ladies from the Emmental region. When four older women decide to turn the local corner shop into a chic lingerie store, the whole community is thrown into disarray. |

Plot Keywords:

Lingerie Store | Shop | Lingerie | Friend | Father Daughter Relationship

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Stephanie Glaser	...	Martha Jost
Hanspeter Müller	...	Walter Jost (as Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart)
Heidi Maria Glössner	...	Lisi Bigler
Lilian Naef	...	Vreni Jost
Annemarie Düringer	...	Frieda Eggenschwyler
Monika Niggeler	...	Shirley Bigler
Monica Gubser	...	Hanni Bieri
Manfred Liechti	...	Fritz Bieri
Peter Wyssbrod	...	Ernst Bieri
Alice Bruengger		(as Alice Brüngger)
Ruth Schwegler	...	Silvia Bieri
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Urs Bihler	...	Verkäufer im Stoffladen
Matthias Fankhauser	...	Herr Brunner
Alex Freihart
Rahel Hubacher	...	Verkäuferin im Dessousgeschäft
Nina Iseli
Andreas Matti	...	Fahrlehrer Fankhauser
Walter Ruch	...	Herr Loosli

Also Known As:

Late Bloomers (International: English title)
Les mamies ne font pas dans la dentelle (Switzerland: French title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Switzerland

Language:

Swiss German | German

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:o.Al. | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Catpics Coproductions

Trivia:

Switzerland's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

Exquisite!

Bettina Oberli's endearing and charming film will bring a smile to those who watch it. It's a cheeky tale charmingly told, assisted by that lilting Swiss-German dialect. Trub, a small village in the Emmmental Valley in Switzerland's Berne canton, is the backdrop to the story and the picturesque shots of its meadows and pastureland can only help add to the film's adorability.

Said to be one of the best films ever to come out of Switzerland, it will never achieve Hollywood greatness nor are any of its stars likely sex symbols. Nevertheless, "Die Herbstzeitlosen" is one of the reasons why we are grateful Seattle has such a large and international film festival. Gentle, funny, and the wonderful cinematography and superb acting will only reflect credit on the Alpine nation's film industry. "Die Herbstzeitlosen" is Switzerland's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).