May

2010 | Drama | 23 min | BA Film

Directed by Natascha Beller

Collection: Degree Films 2010

May, a young Chinese girl is married to an elder Swiss man. She secretly works at a flower shop, where she meets a young suitor. When May’s husband, through the difficult neighbour, finds out about May’s job, he forbids her to work. As May decides not to listen to him, they get into a fight. The unloved neighbour comes to May’s aid, in a bizarre way.

Runtime23 min
Year of Production2010
Country of ProductionSwitzerland
Aspect Ratio16:9
Spoken LanguageSwiss German, German, Kantonesisch
Available SubtitlesGerman, English, French
Director Natascha Beller
Cinematography Aladin Hasic
Production Design Milena Wayllany
Music Sebastian Brunner
Editor Natascha Beller
Screenplay Natascha Beller
Leading ActorsEliane Chappuis
Andrea Zogg
Stephanie Glaser
Supporting ActorsNikolai Bosshardt
Charlotte Heinimann
Beat Schlatter
Roman Tester
Win-Gee Cheung,
Yuk-Mei Beller
Casting Natascha Beller
Costume Design Tirza Bosshardt
Makeup Artist Mira Frehner
Beatriz Vazquez
Location Sound Engineer Jacques Kieffer
Mario Baumann
Valentin Kemmner
Sound Design Gregor Rosenberger
Sound Mixing Gregg Skerman
Technical Support Equipment Gian Courtin
Technical Support Postproduction Rebecca Siegfried
Ralph Wetli
Project Supervision Prof. Bernhard Lehner
Peter Purtschert
Project Mentoring Markus Imboden
Executive Producer Filippo Bonacci
Head of Programme BA Film Prof. Bernhard Lehner