Day Is Done (film)

Day Is Done
Film poster
Directed by	Thomas Imbach
Produced by	Andrea Staka Thomas Imbach
Cinematography	Thomas Imbach
Edited by	Gion-Reto Killias Tom La Belle
Release date	February 2011 (2011-02)(Berlin)
Country	Switzerland
Languages	German Swissgerman

Day Is Done is an autobiographical fiction film by Swiss director Thomas Imbach. The film was first shown at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011. Day is Done combines answering machine messages with the view out of Imbach's studio over a period of 15 years. Day is Done toured several international festivals throughout 2011, including Planete + Doc Film Warsaw in May 2011, the Jerusalem Film Festival in July 2011, the Melbourne International Film Festival, the Japanese Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, and the Chicago International Film Festival in October 2011.

The director won the Zurich Film Award 2011 and the Swiss Film Award, "Quartz“ for Best Music as well as the "Honorable Mention” of the “Millenium Award Jury“ of the Planete+Doc Festival^{[ citation needed ]}.

Plot

A smokestack stubbornly pierces the sky. Trains rumble by down below. Lights come on in the buildings as night falls. There is a man behind the camera, look-ing for an image. Of himself? Of the world? Of society? By day and night, in rain and snow, he stands filming at the window of his studio. Periodically we hear people leaving messages on his answering machine. They talk about the weath-er while on vacation and congratulate him on his birthday. His father dies, a child is born, the young family begins to fall apart. Time passes. Slowly the city-scape morphs into the inner landscape of the man behind the camera.

Reception

Swiss filmmaker Thomas Imbach is noted for his exploration of themes ranging from toxic masculinity to introspection. His film "Day is Done" (2011) is regarded as significant in his career. "Measured against his entire body of work, Day Is Done may be Imbach’s premier achievement as an auteur." - SWI swissinfo.ch ^[1]

References

1. Mattli, Alan (22 November 2021). "Thomas Imbach, a filmmaker unafraid of masculinity". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

External links

• Official film website
• Day Is Done on imdb