Un juif pour l'exemple

1942. The economy in Payerne, in rural Switzerland, is really suffering and the cafés are full of people complaining. Amongst them, Fernand and his stooges, Nazi sympathisers. Seeking a way to show their loyalty to Hitler they think of Arthur Bloch, a Jewish merchant who will be in Payerne soon...

Directed by: Jacob Berger (Switzerland, 2016)
Freely adapted from the novel "A Jew Must Die" by Jacques Chessex.
Cast: Bruno Ganz (Arthur Bloch), André Wilms (Jacques Chessex), Aurélien Patouillard (Fernand Ischi), Paul Laurent (Ballotte), Baptiste Coustenoble (Robert Mermet), Steven Matthews (Fritz Joss), Pierre-Antoine Dubey (Max Mermet), Elina Löwensohn (Myria Bloch)
Genre: drama
Awards: Best actor (Quartz 2017), official selection (Locarno 2016)
Parental guidance: TV-14