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L'homme des casernes

Switzerland, 1994
FILM, Documentary, 87 min.

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directed by
Jacqueline Veuve
Written by
Jacqueline Veuve, Emmanuelle de Riedmatten
Status
In distribution

For the first time, an independant movie team was able to follow the Swiss Army school of recruits for fusiliers and machinegunners in 1993, in Colombier (Switzerland). The recruiting Officer in charge said “When a young man hesitates, I suggest infantry because that is where I need them most”. So 35% of the recruits find themselves enlisted in infantry. Contrary to the summer recruit school, where the students represent a high proportion, the winter school consists of youngsters with jobs that are very much struck by the economic crisis, or with no profession at all. 40 % of the section that was filmed found themselves unemployed at the end of the school. The film reflects the atmosphere of this school of recruits and the wording which is proper to this particular surrounding.

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World Premiere
1994
Original Version
French,  colour, 16mm, 87 min.
Production
Aquarius Film Production, Les Productions JMH
Producer
directed by
Jacqueline Veuve
Written by
Jacqueline Veuve, Emmanuelle de Riedmatten (in collaboration with)
Cinemato­graphy
Hugues Ryffel
Location Sound Mix
Luc Yersin

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World Rights
Les Productions JMH , Aquarius Film Production

Worldwide Distribution

France
Documentaire sur Grand Ecran Distribution
Switzerland
Aquarius Film Production Distribution

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