On occasion of the 70 Years of Swiss Indian Friendship, a special bus, spreading the message of friendship, understanding, respect and inclusiveness was launched on 6th March 2018 at the Embassy of Switzerland. The bus now begins its third leg of the India tour. The best of children’s movies from Switzerland will be screened during the tour.
Join the community screenings of films “Heidi” and “My Life as a Zucchini” in Bangalore, Mysore, Coimbatore, Kodaikanal, Trichy, Auroville, Pondicherry, Chennai, Hyderabad, Dharur, Nagpur, Bhopal and Jhansi:
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Ma Vie de Courgette (My Life as a Zucchini) – Claude Barras, Original French with English Subtitles, Animation, Color, 66 min |
25 April | 7.00 pm | Alliance Française de Bangalore, Thimmaiah Road, Opposite U.N.I Building, Vasant Nagar, Bengaluru
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30 April | 7.00 pm | Alliance Française de Pondicherry, 58, rue Suffren, Pondicherry |
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1 May | 7.30 pm | Visitors Centre, Auroville |
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| Heidi – Alain Gsponer, Original German with English Subtitles, Fiction, Color, 111 min | 26 April | 6.00 pm | Kalamandir Theatre, Vinoba Road, Mysuru, Karnataka 570 005 |
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27 April | 4.00 pm | Clusters Media College, Singanallur, near Hope's College, Coimbatore |
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28 April | 7.00 pm | Kodaikanal International School, Seven Roads Junction, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu |
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2 May | 6.15 pm | Exhibition Hall at Russian Centre of Science and Culture, 74 Kasturi Ranga Road Alwarpet, Chennai |
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4 May | 5.00 pm | Our Sacred Space, Door No 9-1-84/1/C, Sardar Patel Road, Hyderabad - 500003, After Iskcon Temple, Before St Anns School, Secunderabad |
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5 May | 4.30 pm | Our Sacred Space community centre, Dharur, Telengana |
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7 May | 06.00 pm | SCZCC campus, Civil Lines, Nagpur (venue to be confirmed) |
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8 May | Time to be confirmed | Bhopal (Venue to be confirmed) |
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9 May | Time to be confirmed | Jhansi (Venue to be confirmed) |
In May, the bus will also travel to the state of Uttaranchal. Watch out for more updates on www.facebook.com/Swissembassyindia
About the films:
Heidi directed by Alain Gsponer
Switzerland / Germany | 2015 | fiction | 105 min | December 2015 |original German with English subtitles
Heidi, a five-year-old orphan, is taken to live with her grumpy, outcast grandfather in the Swiss mountains. He briefly resents Heidi's arrival, but the girl's adorable personality soon earns his heart. Heidi’s happiness ends abruptly when her aunt Dete takes her to Frankfurt, where she is to help take care of a sickly child, Klara. Heidi, with faith, hope, and the stubbornness she inherited from her grandfather, knows that someday she will be reunited with him and the beloved people of the mountain's little village. Know more
Ma Vie de Courgette (My Life as a Zucchini) by Claude Barras
Switzerland / France | 2016 | fiction | 66 min | May 2016 |original French with English subtitles
Zucchini is a rather unusual nickname for a 9-year-old boy, yet his unique story is surprisingly universal. After his mother’s sudden death, Zucchini is befriended by the kind police officer Raymond, who accompanies Zucchini to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. At first, Zucchini struggles to find his place in this strange, at times, hostile environment. Yet with Raymond’s help and his new found friends, he eventually learns to trust, finds true love and, at last, a new family of his own. Know more
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