Martin Huber

A Carthusian monk, dedicated to silence and meditation for the last 25 years, must travel from France to Jakarta to get a signature that will renew the property lease for his monastery. Terrified of his experience on the airplane, he gets off at its first stop, New Delhi, plunging into the strange world outside his monastery walls.

Bill Diamond, a celebrated photographer, has spent a lifetime with people and things that, once they have disappeared, can never be brought back to life. In sleepless nights spent pouring over the faces in his photos, Bill spins yarns around the memories, fears and hopes the photos bring back, telling us about the photographer Mark and Jessi – the beast, and the beauty – the fairy tale of a fleeting instant.

Daniel Berger, a devious and corrupt civil servant, is willing to do anything to keep his empire of embezzlement intact. One day, he receives a visit from Werner Schäfer, a Zurich-based consultant tasked with assessing the efficiency of his administration. To make matters worse, Schäfer has taken up residence right next door to Berger's villa. Daniel's entire world is shaken by the arrival of this new neighbor.

When his younger sister, a single parent, moves into the second apartment with her 5-year-old daughter Nina, an unexpected friendship develops between Josef and the uncared-for little girl.

For twenty-four hours, Geneva becomes the living backdrop for a contemporary drama: by day, a place where life is good; by night, a refuge for the marginalized. Five characters will meet there, connected by the night shift of a pair of cops. Hans, a police officer nearing the end of his career and worn down by life, tries his hand at compassion, while Dan, his young partner, struggles between prejudice and discovering the other.

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