Alice and Peter are celebrating their retirement – and with it, a new phase in their lives. However, shortly after the couple’s retirement party, a sudden tragedy befalls Alice’s best friend Magalie. Peter, sympathetic to the suffering of Magalie’s widower, Heinz, invites him on the retirement cruise their children gave them. Alice had hoped this trip would infuse fresh life into their marriage, but instead of enjoying their time together, they find themselves drifting further apart. Disappointed and hurt, Alice doesn’t reboard the cruise ship during a shore excursion and instead embarks on a journey of self-discovery, taking her across Southern Europe and bringing her into a community of older people finding joy outside traditional notions of gender, marriage, and the later years of one’s life. Barbara Kulcsar (The Two of Us, Blush) directs from a screenplay by Petra Volpe (Heidi, The Divine Order), skillfully balancing drama and comedy in an affectionate story of an older couple.
GOLDEN YEARS is presented with the support of The Swiss Federal Office of Culture and SWISS FILMS.
Winner, Audience Award – Best Feature Film
Berlin & Beyond Film Festival 2023
Official Selection
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2023
“a clever comedy”
Blickpunkt Film
"A real firework of possibilities, a surprising film."
SRF Tagesschau
"Touching and refreshingly honest."
Züritipp
- Alice : Esther Gemsch
- Peter : Stefan Kurt
- Heinz : Ueli Jäggi
- Michi : Gundi Ellert
- Susanne : Isabelle Barth
- Julian : Martin Vischer
- Ingrid : Teresa Harder
- Josef : André Jung
- Magalie : Elvira Plüss
- Claude : Monica Budde
- Directed by : Barbara Kulcsar
- Written by : Petra Volpe
- Producers : Lukas Hobi, Reto Schaerli
- Co-Producers : Jakob Claussen, Uli Putz
- Director of Photography : Tobias Dengler
- Set Design : Mirjam Zimmermann
- Costume Design : Linda Harper
- Make-Up : Jean Cotter
- Editing : Wolfgang Weigl
- Casting : Corinna Glaus, Nora Leibundgut
- Music by : Carsten Meyer
- Direct Sound : Patrick Storck
- Sound Design : Manu Gerber
- Production Manager : Sarah Bossard
- Theatrical Release Date : February 23, 2024
- Production Year : 2022
- Country : Switzerland, Germany
- Language : Swiss German
- Running Time : 92 minutes
- Aspect Ratio : 1:2.35
- Projection Format : DCP
- Rating : NR
- Genre : Comedy, Drama
