Dark Fortune

»Stefan Haupt stages, supported by very good actors, with "Dark Fortune" a sensitive film about families, secrets and forgiveness.«

»Only a few works from the Swiss film landscape make it to us. The latest film by Stefan Haupt shows once again the potential of this small country, as Haupt has succeeded in making a wonderful film adaptation of a novel.«

»With the great Noé Ricklin and the uncompromising Eleni Haupt, director Stefan Haupt succeeds in creating a loving constellation whose warmth shimmers off the screen despite its tragic ground plan. Stirring.«

»Delicate, clear and very cinematic, Stefan Haupt, based on the novel by Lukas Hartmann, tells of family as a system in constant motion, of the breaking up of families, and of their coming together.«

»Best literary cinema. Stefan Haupt has found outstanding actors for the poignant novel adaptation about fate, guilt and love. His optimistic view into the future is supported by his belief in humanity and reason.«

»Very multifaceted and very complex.«

»Noé Ricklin is a stroke of luck for the film. Not just because of Noé's expressive eyes. The boy plays the orphan Yves with an intensity that gets under your skin.«

»A film like a gentle therapy with a remarkably natural child actor.«

»Stefan Haupt tells the story with a cinematic accuracy that is in no way inferior to Lukas Hartmann's literary work. He has given the rather meandering epic of a novel a clear dramatic line.«

»With the great young actor Noé Ricklin and the uncompromising Eleni Haupt, director Stephan Haupt succeeds in creating a loving constellation whose warmth shimmers off the screen despite its tragic outline – but hardly drifts into kitsch. A more than successful novel adaptation based on the literary model of Lukas Hartmann.«

»Deeply touching, concentrated family drama.«