Unlikely Heroes

Sabine, a middle-aged psychotherapist’s assistant, doesn’t have much to look forward to this Christmas. Her daughter and ex-husband are off to Jamaica for the holidays, and her so-called friends purposely neglected to include Sabine in their annual trip to a resort in St. Moritz. But when an accident leads Sabine to a center for asylum seekers in Switzerland, she concocts a slapdash plan that may just make this holiday season worthwhile. Against all odds Sabine sets out to direct the asylum seekers in a rendition of Friedrich Schiller’s play about the Swiss hero William Tell. And what her diverse cast lacks in talent, they certainly make up for in charisma. Yet, neither her friends nor her family actually believe Sabine can pull it off. Coupled with subplots of young romance, family melodrama, and suspense, this backstage comedy will have the entire audience rooting for Peter Luisi’s UNLIKELY HEROES. (In Swiss German with subtitles) – E.B.