Événement

ZHR meets SF : Fogi is a bastard

Director, Marcel Gisler
CH/F 1999
Swiss German w/ English Subtitles
92min. | 35mm

Screening of "Fogi is a bastard"

Since 1985, Marcel Gisler has been producing remarkable films celebrating international success. Gisler is an exceptional phenomenon: living in Berlin, he has been the most significant Swiss voice in Queer cinema for over 20 years.

In collaboration with Frameline San Francisco, the Pink Apple Film Festival Zurich, the largest and most important LGBT film festival in Switzerland, organizes screenings of Marcel Gisler's four latest works.

Fogi is a bastard
Beni, aged sixteen, from Zurich falls in love with rock musician Fögi who is eight years his senior. It is Benis first great love. Filled with passion, he allows his mentally torn boyfriend to humiliate him and treat him as his slave and dog. Beni even goes as far as prostituting himself to finance their life together and Fögis drug addiction. When Fögis band dissolves and his best friend, Töbe, commits suicide, Fögis mental and physical state deteriorate rapidly, and even Beni finds it increasingly difficult to hold on to his admiration for his erstwhile idol.

On Wednesday, October 24, 6pm you also have the opportunity to attend a unique encounter with Marcel Gisler.