HOME
by Ursula Meier
Synopsis: A family’s peaceful existence is threatened when a busy highway is opened only meters away from their isolated house in the middle of nowhere. Refusing to move, Marthe, Michel and their three children find innovative ways to adapt to their new environment. They continue their happy-go-lucky routine despite the daily stress and hundreds of noisy speeding cars. But suspicions about the highway’s unknown long-term dangers cause family tension. Remaining in the disrupted household might not be so easy, but it’s still their home.
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Gourmet, Adélaïde Leroux.
2008 / Switzerland, France, Belgium / 95 min
“An ambitious first film, alternating from light comedy to social satire, and from black humor to melodrama”
— Screen
“With its burlesque originality, this fable would have impressed Jacques Tati”
— Le Monde
