Catalogue des films de « Gilles Abravanel »
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8 films |
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.