Frontaliers entre deux eaux
Choppy Waters On Lake Geneva: Commuting Between Two Countries
Die Grenzgänger vom Genfersee
Tra due rive
Switzerland / France, February 2015
FILM,
Documentary,
53 min.
- directed by
- Marcel Schüpbach, Marc Wolfensberger
- Written by
- Marcel Schüpbach, Marc Wolfensberger
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- thin-line.net/documentaries/frontaliers-entre-deux-eaux
In the early 1980s there were just thirty. Today, more than 3'000 French workers cross Lake Geneva every day aboard the “Leman” ferry to come and work in Switzerland. The first ferry leaves Evian at 5:40 am with its cargo of labourers. At 7 am it’s the turn of the white-collar workers and at 8:20 am the “Blondes' Club” of mainly saleswomen step aboard. In the opposite direction come those finishing their night shift – nurses, night watchmen and bakers – who take the first Lausanne ferry home to sleep in France. Welcome aboard the “Leman”, a boat bridging two worlds which know very little about one another.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2015
- Original Version
- French, colour, ProRes 422, 53 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-F619-0000-U-0000-0000-L
- Production
- Thin Line Productions, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SRG SSR, ARTE G.E.I.E.
- Producer
- Marc Wolfensberger
- directed by
- Marcel Schüpbach, Marc Wolfensberger
- Written by
- Marcel Schüpbach, Marc Wolfensberger
- Editing
- Caroline Cuénod
- Sound Editing
- Jürg Lempen
- Re-Recording Mix
- Fanny Lelong
- Music
- Pierre-Olivier Gerbin
- Location Sound Mix
- Marc von Stürler
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Thin Line Productions