‘A Piece Of Sky’ Team Says Switzerland’s Oscar Entry Is “About How Strong Love Can Be” – Contenders International

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A critical hit at this year’s Berlinale, Michael Koch’s second feature A Piece of Sky is a sober relationship drama with a difference: It takes place in a picturesque Alpine idyll, with its sections interspersed by a folk choir that acts as an unorthodox Greek chorus.

Speaking at Deadline’s Contenders International award-season event Saturday, Koch explained: “It’s a story about a couple in a remote mountain village who meet and then are put to the test due to a brain cancer that the man has.

The film is about how she deals with it, how the couple deal with it, and how strong love can be.” RELATED:  International – Deadline’s Full Coverage What’s immediately clear from the film is how authentic it is, with a supporting cast of non-professionals who inhabit their roles without the slightest whiff of artifice.

Which is not surprising given Koch’s patience. “We shot it during three different seasons and edited for a year,” he recalled. “It took me, like, seven years to make this movie.