Ultima Thule
CH 2005 90'
Director: Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf
Script: Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf
Camera: Pio Corradi
Sound: Dieter Meyer
Art direction:: Monika Bregger
Costumes:: Dorothee Schmid
Editing:: Fee Liechti
Music:: Fazil Say
Production:: Ariane Film
With: Stefan Kurt, Barbara Auer, Patrick Frey
When successful stock broker Alfred Böhler leaves for work on a foggy day, he has no idea what dramatic turn his life is about to take. On the journey into work he has a major car accident and ends up in intensive care, fighting for his life. As his wife sits by his side, praying for him to recover, Alfred embarks as an eagle to a very different journey. While his body lies motionless at the hospital, Alfred is actually flying over mountain tops and glaciers. Although he is seemingly dead, Alfred's inner self is making a huge journey down the glaciers to the green plains of a big river, experiencing the full force of nature, something we often forget in our modern lives. A film that celebrates life.
"Un beau film hypnotique, poétique, aux antipodes du cinéma d'action, ULTIMA THULE ... a offert hier le morceau le plus mystérieux et le plus original de la course... La lenteur du rythme, la merveilleuse musqiue de Fazil Say, la caméra splendide, tout cela et le destin de l'homme blessé au milieu, crée une oeuvre de haut vol."
Odile Tremblay dans LE DEVOIR à l'occasion de la présentation du film au Festival des films du monde à Montréal