A powerful new drama set in Switzerland in 1943. In a traditional Protestant mountain village, fifteen-year-old Emma works as a maid for a wealthy family. She quietly dreams of becoming a nurse and hopes to make that dream come true by winning the village’s Virtue Prize. But when she is raped by a wealthy young man and becomes pregnant, her world is turned upside down.
A film about finding the courage to choose your own path, against all suffocating norms of society. In an urgent matter this film speaks to our current times in which female rights and autonomy are once again under pressure. Marie-Elsa Sgualdo debutes with Silent Rebellion, which premiered in Venice. The film has since then been selected for many international festivals and has won two major Swiss prizes.
