SISFF 2020-10-12 오후 17:21:55 | info | Switzerland | 2019 | 80min | Documentary |
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| Directors | Stephanie Chuat, Veronique Reymond |
< Synopsis >
They are single, widowed or divorced ; they have had children, husbands, work ; they
have a life behind them, but also one to come… “Ladies“ reveals the intimate lives of five
women in their sixties who are waging a discreet daily battle against solitude. It’s true
that men often prefer younger women, it’s true that one feels invisible in a youth-oriented
society, but these women are not washed up, far from it…
< Directors : Stephanie Chuat, Veronique Reymond>
Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond are Swiss scriptwriters and filmmakers. They have
known each other since their childhood. Trained as actresses, they have created a dozen theatre
shows as a stage duo. They took their first steps towards movie by including video in their plays.
This led them to write and direct four short films and two documentaries. The duo moved further on
by writing and directing their first feature, The Little Bedroom, starring major french actor Michel
Bouquet. Premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2010, the movie was the Swiss
Entry for the Best Foreign Film Language at the Academy Awards 2011. Screened in more than
20 festivals, it received a dozen awards, among them two Swiss Quartz 2011 for Best Film and Best
Screenplay. The little Bedroom was released in Switzerland, France, Germany, and USA. In 2014,
Stéphanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond wrote and directed Open Book, a 6x52 minutes TV
show broadcasted on Swiss and French Television. The binomial just finished Ladies,
a documentary exploring loneliness of elderly women. The film premiered at Visions du Réel Film
Festival 2018, in official competition. They’re also preparing their second feature, Little Sister,
starring Nina Hoss (Homeland) Lars Eidinger (Babylon Berlin) and Claes Bang (The Square), and
developing a new TV show, Toxic.
<Synopsis> Ernesto, a seventy-eight-year-old Uruguayan photographer living in Brazil, faces the limitations of old age, such as loneliness and growing blindness, which he thinks he can disguise. When Ernesto became a widower, he learned that aging is about filling the silences with a spinning record, with the calls from his son who lives far away, with the bank errands to withdraw his pension, wit...
<Synopsis > It’s never too late to fulfill one’s dreams: at 70, my father, former obstetrician-gynecologist and documentary film hero, has decided to become an actor. The film follows his new life, from his hospital retirement party to his first casting. I, as a filmmaker, see my creature getting away and gaining more freedom. <Directors : Pauline Horovitz >
< Synopsis > young man continued the journey of “oreore swindle” alone away from the crowd. An old woman answered his phone in Kumamoto Amakusa, far from the city. The strange life of an old woman and a young man has begun. Then, he experienced the calmness that has fallen out of his life before. He happened to work with a youth group planning an “old 8mm screening” at an o...
< Synopsis > They are single, widowed or divorced ; they have had children, husbands, work ; they have a life behind them, but also one to come… “Ladies“ reveals the intimate lives of five women in their sixties who are waging a discreet daily battle against solitude. It’s true that men often prefer younger women, it’s true that one feels invisible in a youth-oriente...