Frau Mercedes

Lady Mercedes

Switzerland, June 2007
FILM, Documentary, 52 min.

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directed by
David Fonjallaz, Simon Jäggi, Louis Mataré
Written by
Simon Jäggi, David Fonjallaz
Status
In distribution
Website
https://lomotion.ch/en/portfolio-item/lady-mercedes

In Bern, Madame Mercedes has been working for 35 years in her car as a prostitute. An intimate and subtle portrait about ageing as a prostitute, a documentary about a vanishing chapter of habits in Switzerland.

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World Premiere
June 2007
Original Version
Swiss-German,  colour, HD Cam, 52 min.
ISAN
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Production
Lomotion AG
Producer
Louis Mataré
directed by
David Fonjallaz, Simon Jäggi, Louis Mataré
Written by
Simon Jäggi, David Fonjallaz
Cinemato­graphy
Louis Mataré
Editing
David Fonjallaz
Sound Editing
David Fonjallaz
Sound Design
Balthasar Jucker
Re-Recording Mix
Balthasar Jucker
Music
Mario Batkovic
Location Sound Mix
Balthasar Jucker

Cast

Silvia Leiser
Martha Wigger
Ernst Jost

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Lomotion AG

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