Longwave

Longwave

2013 · 85 min · ★ 5.6 · Comedy

It is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus trip with Bob, sound engineer approaching retirement. The projects financed by Switzerland prove to be calamitous and the workers’ revolution that suddenly breaks out doesn’t help, obliging our heroes to disregard first the radio’s management, and then their own codes of conduct.

Directed by Lionel Baier · Written by Lionel Baier

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Valérie Donzelli Julie
Michel Vuillermoz Cauvin
Patrick Lapp Bob
Francisco Belard Pelé
Jean-Stéphane Bron Philippe de Roulet
Paul Riniker Conseiller fédéral
Patrícia André Analea
Adrien Barazzone Bertrand
Gisela João
João Maria Pinto
José Eduardo Le directeur de la station d'épuration
Teresa Faria La tenancière

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