''Alpine Fire'' () is a 1985 Swiss

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directed by Fredi M. Murer. It won the

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at the 1985

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. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the

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at the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot

A year on an Alpine farm: an older couple have two children, Belli, who wanted to be a teacher until her father pulled her out of school, and the younger Bub, who is

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and, although he works like a man, mentally childlike. Belli teaches him as the work his father asks him to do on the farm limits his ability to go to school. Part of his work is quarrying stones to build walls. In high summer, Bub becomes frustrated when a power mower stops working and throws it over a cliff. Fleeing his father's anger, he takes to sleeping away from the house while continuing to break rocks. Belli visits him and they sleep together. By winter, the boy is back in the house and Belli is pregnant. Soon their parents must know.

Cast

* Thomas Nock as Bub * Johanna Lier as Belli * Dorthea Moritz as Mom *

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as Father

Reception

It won the

at the 1985

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* 1985 films 1985 drama films Swiss drama films Swiss German-language films Films about incest Films set in the Alps Golden Leopard winners Films about siblings {{Switzerland-film-stub

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