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The Sandman

Peter LUISI

Switzerland2011 88min Blu-ray Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

One fine morning, Benno finds sand in his bed. While he tries to ignore this at first, he soon must realize that he himself is loosing the sand. Day after day the sand increases and soon his time literally starts running short. Finally he is left no chice but to ask Sandra for help, who runs a coffee shop under his apartment. Although Benno hates her with a passion, he started having dreams of her every night. What could Sandra and the dreams have to do with the sand?

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Peter LUISI

Peter Luisi has attracted attention with his feature films “Verflixt Verliebt”, “Love Made Easy” and “The Sandman,” as well as being co-author of Fredi Murers “Vitus.” His films have received the Zurich Film Prize, 8 nominations for the Swiss Film Prize in different categories, the Grant Award and Audience Prize at the Max Ophül Film Festival as well as numerous other prizes. BIOGRAPHY 1982 – 1994 Rudolf Steiner School Zurich 1994 – 1996 University of North Carolina, Wilmington 1996 – 1998 University of California, Santa Cruz BA in Film-Production (University & College Honors) 1998 – 1999 Commercial film editor with Techo Film and Wirz und Fraefel Productions 2000 Founded Spotlight Media Productions