The Sparrow in the Chimney

Synopsis

Karen lives with her husband Markus and their children in her idyllic childhood home. Karen’s sister Jule and her family are visiting for Markus’ birthday. The two women could not be more different. Grim reminders of their deceased mother incite Jule’s rebellion against her domineering sister. As the house gradually fills with life and a sparrow in the chimney seeks a way out to freedom, Karen becomes increasingly tense – until it all comes to a head and the old is destroyed to make room for the new.

As a follow-up to the multiple award-winning festival hits THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT and THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER, the Swiss twin brothers Ramon and Silvan Zürcher, in their third film - which comes as the final instalment of the "animal trilogy" - once again tell of human coexistence in a very unique way. At times staggeringly forceful, at others poetically sensitive and humorous and with a brilliant cast, THE SPARROW IN THE CHIMNEY plunges into the abysmal cosmos of a family and between hidden desires and secrets, sets alight a fire, blazing and renewing.