Catalogue des films de « Gilles Abravanel »


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8 films
Croque-mort au féminin
Son | Suisse | 2019

For millennia, women have cared for the deceased: as deathbed vigils, as morticians, as guardians of funeral rituals. They were present at birth; they were logically present upon death. And then everything changed since we no longer die at home:...

Dans le lit du Rhône
Son | France, Suisse | 2017

The river Rhône has been straitjacketed for 150 years, the history of a domination of its course by humans. But the river has not yet been tamed! Following some disastrous floods, a gigantic construction site is in the process of revitalizing it...

Grand et Petit
Son | Suisse | 2017

A primary school class in the Swiss mountains embarks on an adventure to discover the mysteries of the universe, guided by the astrophysicist Stéphanie Juneau. The Big Bang, the birth of stars, Supernovas, black holes, planet Earth…nowadays...

Pas de photo disponible pour le moment André et les Martiens
Son | France | 2014

"André et les Martiens" nous embarque pour une promenade bouleversante, dans une proximité rare avec des artistes "bruts" ou outsider, qui travaillent de façon solitaire et construisent des univers qui renversent nos perspectives sur...

Pas de photo disponible pour le moment Article 43
Son | Suisse | 2008

“Article 43” recounts the intense experiences of prisoners and filmmakers who come together to create cinema behind bars. Despite the constraints posed by prison walls and cinematographic demands, prisoners facing heavy sentences talk frankly...

Walpurgis
Son | Suisse | 2008

“One's vocabulary is adapted by the urgent desire of saving time and gaining space”, wrote Austrian satirist Karl Kraus in his "The Third Walpurgis Night", a political diatribe made around 1933 (but not published until 1952, after the author's...

Pas de photo disponible pour le moment Masscara
Auteur-Réalisateur | Suisse | 2007

Sherine is 22 years old and lives in Alexandria. Her life is devoted to the lyrics she writes and the music she makes. In an age of growing violence (Massive Scare Era), she has both the desire and the energy to try to change the world, but is...

L'Apprentissage
Son | Suisse | 2001

Béatrice, a young Down's Syndrome girl of 16, is anxious: she is about to undergo her first day of professional training.