Boomerang

A feature fiction film written by Nicole Borgeat and Jacqueline Surchat

Boom! In the midst of a campaign of crucial importance to his career, Théo, a young and ambitious politician who harbours xenophobic ideas wakes up in the body of his cleaning lady, a Kurdish, veiled and Muslim asylum seeker! Will they manage to overcome their respective prejudices to avoid losing everything?

World premiere:
- 2018, Solothurner Filmtage – Soleure Film Festival
Awards:
- 2018, Civix TV.VIDEO: Entertainment Award
- Coproducers:
  Radio télévision suisse - RTS (CH), Need Production (BE)
- Cast:
  Marlène Saldana, Guillaume Kerbusch, David Kammenos, Zoé Schellenberg, Anna Pieri Zuercher
- Writers:
  Nicole Borgeat and Jacqueline Surchat
- Director:
  Nicole Borgeat
- Cinematography:
  Pietro Zürcher
- Editor:
  Véronique Rotelli
- Sound department:
  Yunus Acar
- Specs:
  92', CH, BE, 2017
- Language:
  Français

IMDb / Swiss Films

Nicole Borgeat

Born in 1966 in Geneva. In 1989 she graduate at the school INSAS (National Higher Institute of Performing Arts), in Brussels. Works as assistant director on numerous feature films. Currently, she is working as a playwright for theater and writes series for the RTS (Radio Television Switzerland).

Filmography

2023 Délits mineurs
2017 Boomerang
2008 Sauvons les apparences!
2004 Demain j’arrête!
1995 Genève ou pas
1991 Eperdument oui
1989 Emile, Emilie
1988 Dirk Braeckman: approches pour un portrait vidéo

Jacqueline Surchat

Born in 1956 in Fribourg. In 1989 training as production assistant and editor at the Free Conservatory of French Cinema in Paris. Works as a director and screenwriter.

Filmography

(as director)
2004 Hafis, l’artiste nomade
2003 Fribourg autrement
1998 Monsieur Vitali (Blind Date)
1991 Utopie hors-jeu
1989 L’amour fou
1989 Au bout du fil

(as screenwriter)
2023 Délits mineurs
2017 Boomerang
2003 Fribourg autrement
2002 L’été de Chloé