I saw 'Moritz' at its TV-premiere on Swiss Television, SF1, on October 26, 2003. It's the story of an eight year old boy whose mother has to go to hospital for brain tumor surgery. The boy likes to live with the two neighbors, Ralph and Andreas, who live together as a homosexual couple. But some people in the country-side village don't like that and want to bring the boy to a normal, 'decent' family.
What I like most about this movie is its beautiful, human story. Most of the characters are shown as interesting people with strong but also weak aspects. It's touching to see how relationships start to grow. No (spectacular) action, but many small, lovely, warm-hearted, witty scenes and dialogues.
It's the second feature film by Swiss director Stefan Haupt, whose first, 'Utopia Blues' was also a human story about a young man (teenager) with personal problems. Also the documentaries of this director are remarkable, f.e. about Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
What I like most about this movie is its beautiful, human story. Most of the characters are shown as interesting people with strong but also weak aspects. It's touching to see how relationships start to grow. No (spectacular) action, but many small, lovely, warm-hearted, witty scenes and dialogues.
It's the second feature film by Swiss director Stefan Haupt, whose first, 'Utopia Blues' was also a human story about a young man (teenager) with personal problems. Also the documentaries of this director are remarkable, f.e. about Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.