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Marthe (Isabelle Huppert), Michel (Olivier Gourmet), and their three children (Adélaïde Leroux, Madeleine Budd, Kacey Mottet Klein) have been living for years in a remote house next to an unused highway. The deserted road has become an extension of their living space—a place for games, sunbathing, and everyday life. When the highway is suddenly opened to traffic, their lives change dramatically. Noise, exhaust fumes, and constant traffic invade their everyday existence. Despite the stress, the family refuses to move and tries to adapt to the new situation with creative means. But the increasing tensions lead to creeping isolation and psychological stress that put the family structure to the test. Ursula Meier's feature film debut HOME premiered in 2008 at the Semaine de la Critique at the Cannes Film Festival and received numerous awards, including the Swiss Film Award for Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay. The film was also Switzerland's official entry for the Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Agnès Godard's cinematography and Luc Yersin's sound design contribute significantly to the film's intense atmosphere. “An ambitious first film that oscillates between light comedy, social satire, and black humor.” (Screen)

Keywords

  • Award Winning
  • Creatives: Debut Films
  • Sooner Exclusives
  • Sooner Exclusives: Stories that Matter
  • family
  • quirky
  • relationship
  • summer

Actors

  • Madeleine Budd
  • Isabelle Huppert
  • Kacey Mottet Klein
  • Olivier Gourmet
  • Adélaïde Leroux

Director

  • Ursula Meier

Drama


1h 34min


12 FSK

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Switzerland
2007
A family’s peaceful existence is threatened when a busy highway is opened only meters away from their isolated house in the middle of nowhere.

A family’s peaceful existence is threatened when a busy highway is opened only meters away from their isolated house in the middle of nowhere.


Marthe (Isabelle Huppert), Michel (Olivier Gourmet), and their three children (Adélaïde Leroux, Madeleine Budd, Kacey Mottet Klein) have been living for years in a remote house next to an unused highway. The deserted road has become an extension of their living space—a place for games, sunbathing, and everyday life. When the highway is suddenly opened to traffic, their lives change dramatically. Noise, exhaust fumes, and constant traffic invade their everyday existence. Despite the stress, the family refuses to move and tries to adapt to the new situation with creative means. But the increasing tensions lead to creeping isolation and psychological stress that put the family structure to the test. Ursula Meier's feature film debut HOME premiered in 2008 at the Semaine de la Critique at the Cannes Film Festival and received numerous awards, including the Swiss Film Award for Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay. The film was also Switzerland's official entry for the Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Agnès Godard's cinematography and Luc Yersin's sound design contribute significantly to the film's intense atmosphere. “An ambitious first film that oscillates between light comedy, social satire, and black humor.” (Screen)

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