Michael Koch's "Drii Winter" (A Piece of Sky), a love story set in the Swiss Alps, has won best feature film at this year’s Swiss Film Awards.
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The awards were presented on Friday evening at a ceremony in Geneva.
“Drii Winter”, which received a special mention at the Berlinale in 2022 and was also chosen as the Swiss Oscar entry, tells the story of the love affair between Anna and Marco in a mountain village. Marco suffers from a brain tumour, which makes him lose more and more control.
Tensions arise with the villagers and in his relationship with Anna. The film has also been described as a Greek tragedy, with a choir commenting on the hardships the two main characters face to keep their relationship alive.
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