Simon Baumann

My parents want us to inherit their life's work. We must talk. About expectations and ideals. About privileges and burdens. But also, about money.

The film looks behind the scenes of the welfare state and reveals the discussions marked by power and helplessness between experts and persons concerned.

Tax row, bank secrecy and exploitative commodities trading companies: Switzerland has an image problem. But don’t worry. Simon and Andreas are taking care of it. The two fearless filmmakers head out on a yearlong odyssey across Switzerland in order to rebuild the battered reputation of their home country. Along the way they meet farmers and allotment gardeners, journalists and tourists, villa owners and numerous perplexed foreigners.

Comprised entirely of archive material, drawing on a rich seam of documents to reveal how Swiss filmmaker and travel writer René Gardi left his mark on how a whole generation viewed Africa from the 1950s onwards. The film doesn’t just highlight Gardi’s colonialist way of thinking, but also functions as a reflection on the projections of Africa of today.

It's about a little village in Switzerland, and about one guy who lives there since 32 years and doesn't know anyone there...