Pastry Pain and Politics is one of the best Swiss film of the 1990s. Stina Werenfels has created a comedy that deals with the holocaust, racism and the suffering of the Palestinian people. Fritzleben and Chayele Weinstein, American citizens, are staying in Switzerland -- holidays. They meet a German couple, and Fritz chokes on a piece of Schwarzwaelder cake: he has to go to the hospital. He is shocked when he finds out that nurse Khaya is Palestinian. Then Chayele and Khaya go out on a trip; but when Chayele realizes that they passed the German border Chayele panics: Khaya stops the car. The two women now have to go back to Switzerland: on the way a rough dispute on Israel and Palestine develops. Chayele, who survived the holocaust, is afraid because they didn't let her in during W.W. II, Khaya is afraid because she hasn't got a passport.
In the meantime, Fritzleben has to deal with his racist Swiss neighbour in the hospital -- he hates both Jews and Arabs -- like Khaya has to deal with her racist boss.
In the meantime, Fritzleben has to deal with his racist Swiss neighbour in the hospital -- he hates both Jews and Arabs -- like Khaya has to deal with her racist boss.
