November

Marianne Brunner a 39year old housewife lives with her husband Paul and their daughter Yvonne in a middleclass suburb of Switzerland Everyday routines govern their lives until the day Marianne wins 29 million Swiss Francs in the lottery Initially the family try to keep their luck a secret from friends and neighbours but as the temptation to spend the cash becomes too big news of their luck spreads and throws the family into a vortex of envy and malice The Brunners quiet life is thrown off course never to be the same again