Rider Jack

Rider Jack

89 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 20, 2015

Jack, who has all but failed at life, dreams of a fresh beginning abroad. Instead, he unexpectedly has to take care of his hated father Paul, who he has not seen since childhood. Paul suffers from Alzheimer's and wants to make peace with his son while he still can. But Jack has very different plans for Paul. Two worlds collide, and a journey to Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, turns into an odyssey back to a painfully suppressed past.

Rider Jack

89 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 20, 2015

Rider Jack
Jack, who has all but failed at life, dreams of a fresh beginning abroad. Instead, he unexpectedly has to take care of his hated father Paul, who he has not seen since childhood. Paul suffers from Alzheimer's and wants to make peace with his son while he still can. But Jack has very different plans for Paul. Two worlds collide, and a journey to Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, turns into an odyssey back to a painfully suppressed past.
Producers Langfilm
Original title Rider Jack
Directors This Lüscher
Writers This Lüscher, André Küttel

Cast

Roeland Wiesnekker

as Jack Theiler

Wolfram Berger

as Paul Theiler

Rebecca Indermaur

as Milena Hefti

Andreas Löffel

as Karl Hefti

Philippe Graber

as Young Paul

Maxwell Mare

as Young Jakob

Diego Gaffuri

as Enzo Gattoni

Rahel Hubacher

as Isabelle