KussKuss

Screening on Film

Directed by Soeren Senn.
With Carina Wiese, Axel Schrick, Saida Jawad.
Switzerland, 2005, 35mm, color, 95 min.
English and German, French and Russian with English subtitles.

Katja is a research scientist who discovers Saida, an illegal alien from Algeria hiding in her office laboratory. Despite the language barrier between the women, Katja invites the refugee to stay at her home along with her live-in lover Hendrik. When Katja proposes that Hendrik marry Saida to avoid deportation the couple’s humanitarian ideals are irrevocably challenged. This debut feature from Soeren Senn was awarded the Best Feature/Diploma Film prize at the 2005 Babelsberg Media Awards and the 2006 Maverick Spirit Award at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose.