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XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Madame
Stéphane Riethauser
Switzerland
93
International Premiere
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Synopsis
An intimate and exciting story told from the director's dialogue with his unforgettable grandmother, now deceased. With rich family archive footage, Stéphane Riethauser shows his intense life journey: the reluctance to live out his homosexuality openly, the imposition of patriarchal gender roles, and the effort to reverse them in one's personal, family and social life. (MMF)
Festivals
- Visions du Réel (2019)
Biography of the director
Stéphane Riethauser
Born in 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds a law degree from the University of Geneva. Over the years, he has worked as a teacher, gay activist, photographer, editor, journalist and translator. He is the author of A visage découvert, a photography book about coming out (Ed. Slatkine, 2000). Between 2003 and 2008, he worked for Swiss Radio Television RTS as a journalist and director. In 2007 he launched his production company Lambda Prod and started working as an independent filmmaker.
Filmography:
Frozen in Time (2007); Prora (2012); Garden of Stars (2016); The Giants in Geneva, Time for a Dream (2017).
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Finished
Sessions
May
Friday 10
22:15 h
CINETECA - Sala Azcona
Thursday 16
19:30 h
CINETECA - Sala Azcona
Followed by a Q&A
Friday 17
19:30 h
Sala Equis
Followed by a Q&A
Saturday 18
19:30 h
Sala Equis
Sunday 19
18:00 h
CINETECA - Sala Azcona
Credits
Language
French - Subtitles in spanish and english
Director
Stéphane Riethauser
Screenplay
Stéphane Riethauser
Cinematography
Stéphane Riethauser
Editing
Natali Barrey
Sound
Martin Stricker
Production
Stéphane Riethauser
Contact
Stéphane Riethauser
+49 1 723 922 679
stephane@lambda-prod.ch
+49 1 723 922 679
stephane@lambda-prod.ch
