Can anyone tell me a Swiss Fairytale?

Question

I really need one for my project. Don't worry, I am putting it in my own words, (Manditory). You guys really help! Thanks!

Even Websites can help!


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YEA, I MEANT A CHILDISH FAIRYTALE, LIKE AN OLD ONE WITHOUT DRUGS AND THAT.......thanks :D

Answer 1

Here's one called "The Singing Fir Tree"
http://www.spiritoftrees.org/folktales/karas/singing_fir_tree.html

Answer 2

Pinocchio.
Gepetto was a Swiss watchmaker

Answer 3

The only Swiss film in this year's international competition at the Locarno film festival, Snow White, is no ordinary fairytale.

Swiss-Iraqi director Samir has created a dark tale of love and idealism set against the backdrop of Zurich's drug-fuelled and hedonistic party scene.


Described as a "melodramatic love story" the film tells the tale of the relationship between Nico, a spoiled rich girl from an affluent Zurich suburb and Paco, a successful rapper, who was raised in inner city Geneva.

These two characters couldn't be more different - Nico's life revolves around drugs, sex and parties whereas Paco is a poet-rebel, who feels he has a message to convey to the world.

Nico is fascinated by Paco and tries to copy his attitude - a move which ultimately leads to her downfall.

Samir, who is well known as a documentary maker in Switzerland – his last work was on Baghdad - says that filmgoers shouldn't be surprised by his choice of subject for his eagerly awaited feature film.

"I wasn't born in this city, in this world. But like everyone, I am fascinated by this milieu... it's one of the faces of Switzerland," he told swissinfo.

Samir said it wasn't his aim to do a "drugs" film on the spoiled rich youth of Zurich - Snow White is also a name given to cocaine - but rather "an example of modern life as it is everywhere".


Reality bites

What starts off as a fairy tale – boy meets girl and they fall in love – quickly slides into reality as the couple's different lifestyles start to take a toll on their relationship.

The warning signs are already apparent early on in the film where Nico, portrayed by upcoming French actress Julie Fournier, conceals her background from Paco, played by real-life Swiss rapper Carlos Leal.

Paco eventually finds out about Nico's true origins – in one of the film's most powerful scenes – when he sees her family's villa.

Nico decides it is time to make some changes to her life and dumps nightclub owner Boris, with whom she was having an affair in return for entry to his exclusive club and free cocaine.

But Boris retaliates by demanding that she repays him the price of the drugs. Desperate for money and thrown out by her parents, Nico is forced into the streets. Paco meanwhile is on tour in Paris.

When events take a dramatic turn, Nico, in despair, attempts to commit suicide. However, the film veers back into the realm of the fairytale at the end when her Prince Charming – Paco - arrives to rescue her.