Michel Viala
Daniel Calderon
2012 - 61 min - HDCam - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - Suisse
Michel Viala is one of the most well-known living authors from French-speaking Switzerland who has strongly influenced its literature, theatre, and film. Viala is an author, actor and painter and has worked as co-screenwriter on the film “L’Invitation” by Claude Goretta. His career is impressive. Although he has constantly had to fight against his demons, alcohol, the street and the Legion, he has always emerged miraculously from the depths into which he had sunk. Viala’s work is unclassifiable, free, disturbing. In the chaos of his current crises, it acquires a new energy.
Author-Director : Daniel Calderon
Photography : Séverine Barde
Sound : Laurent Barbey
Editing : Catherine Kala
Delegate Producer : Tlaloc films productions
Broadcasting Co-producer : RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse)
Contribution : Fonds Regio Films, Ville de Genève, Canton de Genève (République et Canton de Genève), Fondation Ernst Göhner, Ville de Carouge, Loterie Romande