Crettaz, et comme l’espérance est violente...

Crettaz, and how violent hope is...
Crettaz, e come la speranza è violenta...

Switzerland, November 2023
FILM, Documentary, 108 min.

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directed by
Nasser Bakhti
Status
In distribution
Website
www.crettazlefilm.com

The son of Valais mountain farmers, Bernard Crettaz, was an imminent ethnologist and sociologist. Creator of the "cafés mortels/death cafés", Bernard Crettaz has made death his life's work. He was known as "Mr. Death".
In front of the camera, Bernard spent four years questioning his life. The ageing man, plagued by doubts, accepted this careful exposure with boldness, curiosity and clarity, letting his powerlessness and resignation shine through. He died at 84, in keeping with a wish he repeated several times in the film. He wanted to face death and hoped to be truly with himself on the day it occurs.

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World Premiere
November 2023
Original Version
French (italian/english/spanish/german subtitles),  colour and b/w, DCP, 108 min.
ISAN
0000-0005-1021-0000-U-0000-0000-L
Production
Troubadour Films
Producer
Béatrice Bakhti
directed by
Nasser Bakhti
Cinemato­graphy
Loïc Oswald
Editing
Béatrice Bakhti
Location Sound Mix
Bernard Seidler
Sound Design
François Wolf
Compositing
Robin Erard

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World Rights
Troubadour Films

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Troubadour Films Distribution Distribution
Release date: 01.11.2023
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