Drii Winter (A Piece of Sky)

In a remote Alpine village isolated from the outside world, young love is put to the test. Anna comes from the village and has a daughter from an earlier relationship, while Marco is an outsider from the flatlands hired by the mountain farmers to work the rugged land. Together they experience the joy of new love and the closeness of family. But when Marco suddenly starts losing control over his impulses and behaving erratically, a new tension rises in the community. Through the changing seasons and the harshness of life, Anna fights to preserve a love she believes can outshine even death.

"Michael Koch’s Berlinale competition entry Drii Winter is both beautifully made and a thing of beauty in itself. Every lovely thing you have ever seen on a box of Lindt is here: old chalets and timber barns, snow-capped Alps, grizzled Swiss farmers in jerkins embroidered with edelweiss. (...) As a director, Koch is fearless. Drii Winter plays out as an inexorable tragedy, keeping its own stately rhythm; there is no hurrying its pace. (...) It's so much more than a tragedy; it's essentially a glorious love story between a man and a woman, between a community that is both supportive and meddlesome." - Deadline