augenblick (the space of an instant)
With THE SPACE OF AN INSTANT, Franz Reichle has given us a highly unusual work. During turbulent times, two young people find each other, fall in love, fight and ultimately separate. They are looking for new directions and ways of life, taking things one day at a time and squeezing the fulfilment of their desires out of every moment. THE SPACE OF AN INSTANT is surprising in form and style: Reichle positions himself against conventional ways of seeing, and takes an almost anarchic approach to the rules of drama. His point of view is shaped by interior processes: sensations, rather than events, are portrayed in the images appearing on screen. One of the few films which attempts to expand the language of the cinema.
Urs Jäggi in ZOOM-FILMBERATER, March 1986.




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Switzerland 1986. Experimental feature, 16mm, b/w and colour,
78 min. Versions: Original version German.
German with French subtitles.

producer, Script-writer, Director Franz Reichle, Director of Photography Dörte Eissfeldt, Sound Martin Witz, Music Pyrolator and 'Der Plan', Décor and installations Marie-Cathérine Lienert, Editing Franz Reichle and Kathrin Plüss, Actors Nathalie Buffat, Kriton Kalaitzides a.o..

Quality Award eD

Festivals: Solothurn, Munich Festival of the European Film, Locarno, Leipzig, Créteil. Swiss cinemas.
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