Archive of films Offer / L’ offre
Switzerland
2014, 14 min
Section:
Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers To Follow
Year: 2015
What was originally an interesting offer to work for the intelligence service ends up raising many questions for a young man with Algerian-Swiss roots. Is it his abilities or his origins that make him a suitable candidate for the job? The Offer represents a small-scale attempt to cogently characterize certain issues about life in a multicultural society.
Synopsis
Sami will be thirty soon, and after a long job search he is finally invited for an interview. But with each new round of interviews, what was originally an attractive job offer from a Swiss intelligence agency brings increasing complications. His Algerian background is brought more into focus, and the question arises whether he is a suitable candidate because of his skills or because of his ethnicity. Sami must face not only his personal dilemma but also pressure from his friends and family. Though constructed on a simple foundation, The Offer is a telling probe into the issues facing people living in a multicultural society.
Anna Kořínek
About the director
Moïra Pitteloud (b. 1990, Lausanne, Switzerland) spent a year studying visual art at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Basel, followed by a bachelor’s programme in film studies (2011–2014) at the Haute école d’art et de design in Geneva. Besides The Offer (2014), she has made two other short films: La brèche (2012) and La part des choses (2013). A common theme in her work is her interest in social and political subjects.
Contacts
Magnet Film
Rheinsberger Str. 38, D-10435, Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 163 801 0753
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.magnetfilm.de
About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers To Follow |
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Director: | Moïra Pitteloud |
Screenplay: | Moïra Pitteloud |
Dir. of Photography: | Leandro Monti |
Editor: | Felix Sandri |
Producer: | Dan Wechsler |
Production: | Bord Cadre films |
Coproduction: | HEAD - Haute école d'art et design |
Cast: | Mehdi Djaadi, Abel Jafri |
Sales: | Magnet Film |
Guests
Moïra Pitteloud
Film Director
Catherine Ann Berger
Film Institution Rep.