Madame
Switzerland, April 2019
FILM,
Documentary,
93 min.
- directed by
- Stéphane Riethauser
- Written by
- Stéphane Riethauser
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.madamefilm.com
A double self-portrait in which a 90-year-old grandmother and her homosexual grandson confide in each other. With sincerity and humour, the film deconstructs gender stereotypes in depth and with subversive power and traces a family saga from bourgeois society with enchanting archive footage.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2019
- Original Version
- French (english subtitles), colour, DCP, 93 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-0356-0000-V-0000-0000-I
- Production
- Lambda Prod, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SRG SSR
- Producer
- Stéphane Riethauser
- directed by
- Stéphane Riethauser
- Written by
- Stéphane Riethauser
- Cinematography
- Stéphane Riethauser
- Editing
- Natali Barrey
- Re-Recording Mix
- Martin Stricker
- Music
- David Perrenoud
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Lightdox
Worldwide Distribution
- Austria
-
Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 19.01.2020 - France
-
Outplay Films
Distribution
Release date: 26.08.2020 - Germany
-
Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 12.12.2019 - Switzerland
-
First Hand Films GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 23.10.2019
Awards
(a selection)
- Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Special mention Mermaid Awards to the documentary 2020 (Winner)
- Madrid, Documenta Madrid Festival Internacional de Documentales de Madrid, Jury's Prize (Feature Film Competition) 2019 (Winner)
-
Köln, Schnitt Preise,
Schnitt Preis Dokumentarfilm
2020
(Nomination)
Natali Barrey - Zürich, Swiss Film Award, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2020 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Kiev, 49th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival (postponedCorona - hybrid edition)
22.08.2020 - 30.08.2020 -
Thessaloniki, 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (postponedCorona - digital alternative)
19.05.2020 - 28.05.2020 -
Solothurn, 55. Solothurner Filmtage
22.01.2020 - 29.01.2020 -
Taipei, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2019
08.11.2019 - 24.11.2019 -
Duisburg, 43. Duisburger Filmwoche
04.11.2019 - 10.11.2019 -
Tübingen/Stuttgart, 36. Französische Filmtage Tübingen
30.10.2019 - 06.11.2019 -
Vienna, Viennale Vienna International Film Festival
24.10.2019 - 06.11.2019 -
Bienne, 15e Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie Bienne
11.09.2019 - 15.09.2019 -
Locarno, 72° Locarno Film Festival
07.08.2019 - 17.08.2019 -
Madrid, Documenta Madrid 19
09.05.2019 - 19.05.2019
-
Zürich, 22. Pink Apple Schwullesbisches Filmfestival Zürich
30.04.2019 - 09.05.2019 -
Nyon, 25e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon
05.04.2019 - 13.04.2019