What if every relationship was based on a deal? HP is an investment banker who lives with his wife Karin and son Max in a luxurious lakeside villa. But things are not as perfect as they seem. HP's recent speculations have gone so awry that without his wife knowing it their villa is up for sale. HP desperately needs a new deal to go through in order to save his family'ss living standard: he invites his boss Philip and his wife to a grill party in order to talk him privately into the deal. But strangely, Philip's brings along a slick trainee: Gutzler. Meanwhile HP doesn't know Philip has been having an affair with HPs Danish Au Pair Birthe whom he plans to dump that evening. What was set to be a gathering amongst friends spins out of control into a night of blackmail and intrigue. Soundtrack GOING PRIVATE available from iTunes! Launch your iTunes music store for details > Website > Download Filmflyer (PDF) > Download Presskit (PDF)		Drama, 2006 96 min., 35mm Original version: Swiss-german / English Release: January 2006 Screenplay: Petra Lüschow, Stina Werenfels Director: Stina Werenfels Photography: Piotr Jaxa Editor: Isabel Meier Sound: Luc Yersin Music: Winfried Grabe Design: Nicolas Imhof Cast: Michael Neuenschwander, Susanne-Marie Wrage, Bettina Stucky, Leonardo Nigro, Georg Scharegg, Mikky Levy, Olivia Frolich Shooting: July/August 2004 Premiere: 26.02.2006, Cinema Le Paris, Zurich Festivals: 2006: Berlinale (Panorama Section), Solothurn FF, EuropaCinema Viareggio, Filmkunstfest Schwerin, Ankara Flying Broom Festival Turkey IFF, Emden-Aurich-Nordeney Germany, Birds Eye View London, Festroia Setubal Portugal, Copenhagen IFF, Montreal Films du Monde IFF, Flanders IFF Ghent, Mill Valley California IFF, Brisbane IFF, Rio de Janerio IFF Brazil, Locarno IFF , Tiburon FF, Awards: «Best Film» EuropaCinema Viareggio 2006, «NDR- Best Direction Prize» Filmkunstfest Schwerin, "Best Dramatic Feature", ECU Film Festival Paris, Filmprize City of Zurich, Swiss Film Prize: Prize of the Jury for Best Ensemble Production: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion Co-production: Swiss Television Producer: Karin Koch, Samir Commissioning editors: Lilian Räber (SF) World rights: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion Distribution (CH): Look Now!