Catalogue des films de « Jérôme Cuendet »

The filmmaker makes frequent visits to her old mother who lives far away. The visits are trying. Invaded by the past she loses her creativity and sinks into lethargy. Why mother and daughter couldn’t they build a bond of trust. How was the life...

They’re single, widowed or divorced; they’ve had children, husbands, a job. 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...

She was born a witch, she became a fairy. Greta Gratos is a diva : captivating, strange and poetic. As a female character performed by a man she creates an inevitably disconcerting atmosphere. A fantasy being, the embodiment of the imagination of...

Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States of America came as a surprise to many. What happened? Most political analysts blame Trump’s election on the rise of populism in turbulent times and a growing scepticism towards the...

Dire et filmer la prostitution autrement. "Impasse" propose un regard sans fantasme ni concession sur une réalité brutale, celles de ces femmes qui louent leur corps pour joindre les deux bouts ou qui sont prises dans des réseaux de...

En fouillant les archives familiales amassées par Léa, 95 ans, sa fille Anne décide de porter à l'écran l'histoire de quatre générations hantées par un secret. Jamais leur aïeule, mère célibataire et domestique ambitieuse qui épousa un...

Switzerland was one of the last countries in the world to grant women the right to vote. This film guides us through a century of Swiss history, tracing the imprint left by the women who fought for the right to leave hearth and home – and by the...

Le cinéaste explorateur Philippe Grand nous fait découvrir la friche où il est venu durant deux ans. Une friche, un îlot de nature au mileu d'une plaine agricole. Et un homme, ébloui par la beauté des lieux. Son émoi esthétique se double...

In a desert, on a hill, men and women in chadors and children are wandering in a vast open air "museum" dedicated to the memory of the martyrs of the Iran-Iraq war. It's the moment of Iranian New Year, we are close to the Iraqi border. I'm...

This is the story of the life reborn of Ossona, a hamlet in Val d’Hérens in the Valais canton, which was abandoned in the sixties and has now become the pilot project for an agro-tourism site. From 2005 to 2008, we followed the restoration of...