Das Fräulein = Fraulein
(DVD) 

Originally produced as motion picture in 2006.

A foreign film (Switzerland).

Special features: biographies of director and actors; this month's short film: Happiness / dir. Sophie Barthes (11 min., in English); trailers from the Film Movement catalog: He died with felafel in his hand, Long life, happiness and prosperity; Stella Artois ad, Train.

Cinematography, Igor Martinović ; editor, Gion-Reto Killias ; original music, Peter von Siebenthal, Till Wyler, Daniel Jakob.

Mirjana Karanović, Marija Skaricić, Ljubica Jović.

"Ruža left Belgrade more than 25 years ago to seek a new life in Zurich. Now in her fifties, she has completely detached herself from the past. She owns a cafeteria and maintains an orderly, joyless existence. Mila, a waitress there, is a good-humored Croatian woman who also emigrated decades ago, but, unlike Ruža, she dreams of returning to a house on the Croatian coast. Both of them receive a jolt when Ana, a young, itinerant woman who has fled Sarajevo, breezes into the cafeteria looking for work. Ruža hires her but is annoyed by Ana's impulsive and spirited efforts to inject life into the cafeteria. Gradually the acrimony will dissipate, as Ana, who hides a tragic secret under her passionate spirit, begins to thaw Ruža's chill, and their relationship will change both women in ways they never anticipated."

Not rated.

DVD, region 1 ; NTSC ; 16:9 anamorphic widescreen presentation ; 1.85:1 aspect ration, letterboxed ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Includes public performance rights.,MnManS

Dialogue in Swiss-German, German, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian with subtitles in English.

Closed-captioned.

Locarno Film Festival, Golden Leopard and Best Film; Sarajevo Film Festival, Best Film and Best Actress.