Your parents send you to alpine hell to 'fix' you. Surprise: it's worse.
Fifteen-year-old Matteo is attractive, albeit somewhat effeminate. The whole world is against him. He has no friends and his parents seem to live in a different universe. The pressure increases as his awkward attempts to win his father’s respect fail. One night two men carry him off: his parents send him to a remote alp, where he is forced to spend the summer working hard on a family farm. When Matteo arrives on the alp, a surprise awaits him.
Acting
Lutzke's simmering vulnerability anchors every frame.
Cinematography
Alpine beauty weaponized against the protagonist.
Direction
Jaquemet's restraint makes the horror land harder.
Director
Simon Jaquemet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'alp summer' is a genuine Swiss tradition—here weaponized as queer trauma narrative.
Jaquemet deliberately cast non-professionals from farming communities; the authenticity of labor is real, the cruelty too.
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