Bienvenue en Suisse (2004)
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Vincent Perez, Emmanuelle Devos, Denis Podalydès, Walo Lüönd, Peter Wyssbrod, Marianne Basler
To claim his inheritance, ethnologist Thierry must pretend to adapt to the Swiss values and way of life he once rejected.
The story
Thierry, an ethnologist specializing in the Sámi, returns to his native Switzerland with his partner, Sophie, for his grandmother’s funeral. Reunited with his family, he discovers he has inherited two million Swiss francs. To get the money, he must pretend to adapt to the Swiss values and way of life he had rejected. He agrees to a crash course from his cousin Aloïs, who seems to have designs on Sophie.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Thierry, an ethnologist specializing in the Sámi, travels to his native Switzerland with his partner, Sophie, to attend his grandmother’s funeral. There he reunites with his family and discovers that he has inherited two million Swiss francs, but to get the money, he will have to pretend to adapt to the Swiss values and way of life he had rejected. To do so, he agrees to undergo a kind of crash course given by his Swiss cousin Aloïs, who seems to have designs on Sophie.
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