Bon vent Claude Goretta

Overview

Claude Goretta directed “L'invitation” in 1973. For filmmaker Lionel Baier, born in 1975, it is like a “travelling companion”, to adapt Serge Daney’s expression. He feels it is definitive proof that a Swiss can be deeply Chekhovian. The young filmmaker goes to Geneva to ask his elder how he achieved the whoosh of water effect in the film, why attention to detail matters so much, and how to film great actors such as François Simon. This encounter with Claude Goretta – but also with Isabelle Huppert, Nathalie Baye, Michel Robin and Frédérique Meininger – leads one of the greatest of Swiss filmmakers to open up about his work.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 12, 2011

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

Switzerland

Production

RTS,Bande à Part Films

Cast

Frédérique Meininger,Michel Robin,Adrien Barazzone,Elodie Weber,Cédric Leproust,Claude Goretta,Isabelle Huppert,Nathalie Baye

Director

Lionel Baier

Writer

Lionel Baier

Producer

Agnieszka Ramu

Cinematography

Bastien Bösiger

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt2102287