Late Bloomers

(Die Herbstzeitlosen)
Berttina Oberli / CH, 2006
SwissGerman version / English subtitles / translated into Czech, 90 min

Since her husband‘s death nine months ago, Martha has found it diff icult to fi nd any meaning in her life. Her friends work out a plan to revive Martha‘s zest for life. They convince the 80- year-old former dressmaker to make her life-long dream come true: Martha opens a lingerie shop featuring her own designs. This turns all of their lives upside down. The „lingerie ladies“ cause a major stir in the Emmental Valley, and the pillars of the conservative community of Trub, where change is not appreciated, feel the need to intervene. However, the high-spirited old girls are not so easily thwarted.