The common thread that
runs through the one-and-a-half-hour documentary can be described in a single
word: love. The film documents not only the love that the partners feel for
each other but also the love they show their children. It is unconditional and
completely independent of the parents' sexual orientation. Or as Christian &
Mimmo say, "Being a parent simply means giving love. Period."
The surrogate mothers
are also given a voice. They talk about how it feels to carry someone else's
child and thus fulfill a couple's most fervent wish. Daniela Ambrosoli also
visited Demis Volpi. The Argentinean is choreographing a ballet piece based on
the children's picture book "King & King," in which two princes
fall in love. "It's not about homosexuality, but simply about universal
love," Demis Volpi explains. Stefan Haupt is also featured in the film.
The Swiss director made waves in 2014 with "The Circle," a film about
Ernst Ostertag and Röbi Rapp. The couple fought for gay rights in Switzerland
for decades. "The traditional family image, consisting of man, woman, and
child, is still very much with us – but it is undergoing profound change,"
says Stefan Haupt.
Daniela Ambrosoli is a specialist for
sensitive film portraits. In 2011 she won the Audience Award for Best
Documentary at the Beverly Hills Film Festival in Los Angeles for "HN
Hermann Nitsch," and in 2018 "The Making of a Dream" was awarded
first prize at two renowned festivals.
