Scene from the film A Home Far Away / EN version
Scene from the film A Home Far Away / EN version
Scene from the film A Home Far Away / EN version

A Home Far Away / EN version

Direction
Year 
2012
Country
  • Switzerland
Duration
101min 
Audio Tracks 

The extraordinary destiny of two people. After the Second World War, Lois is an actress in Broadway theatre, television and Hollywood films. Her husband, Edgar Snow, is world famous. A pioneer fascinated by China, he is the first journalist to film and interview Mao Tse-tung. Suspected by the American authorities of Communist sympathies, Ed and Lois are blacklisted. Together with their two small children, they go to Switzerland, mid-way between China and America, where they find a new home. A story of revolution, utopia, disillusionment, and hope...

For French version click here.

Details

  • Original title
    A Home Far Away / EN version
  • Direction
  • DOP
    Jón Björgvinsson, Peter Entell
  • Editing
    Laurence Perigaud, Elisabeth Waelchli, Peter Entell
  • Sound
    Blaise Gabioud, Peter Entell
  • Duration
    101 min (91+ min.)
  • Year
    2012
  • Country
    • Switzerland
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Production

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