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L'expérience Blocher

The Blocher Experience

Switzerland / France, August 2013
FILM, Documentary, 100 min.

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directed by
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Written by
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Status
In distribution
Website
www.blocherfilm.ch

The story of Switzerland’s most controversial political leader. It also chronicles the face-to-face encounter between a filmmaker and a man of power, through a year of exclusive, up-close interviews and access to his private life. Fall 2011. Christoph Blocher is on the campaign trail, working toward a victory for his rightwing, nationalist SVP party that will ultimately win nearly a third of the votes. His car offers an unrivaled vantage point for the filmmaker, enabling him to tell the story from the inside, and in the first person. On the road, the film unravels the threads of Blocher's life - his triumphs, his methods, his secrets. How did an impoverished pastor's son became a successful businessman with a colossal fortune, and one of the most powerful men in Switzerland? A political parable and reflection on a country, the film traces the portrait of a man who has radically transformed politics in Switzerland, Moreover, the film captures the mood of a period when, all over crisis-stricken Europe, nationalism is on the rise.

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World Premiere
August 2013
Original Version
French, Swiss-German (french/english/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 100 min.
Production
Bande à part Films, Les Films Pelléas, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
Lionel Baier, Adrian Blaser, Jean-Stéphane Bron, Ursula Meier, Frédéric Mermoud, Philippe Martin
directed by
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Written by
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Cinemato­graphy
Patrick Lindenmaier
Editing
Karine Sudan
Sound Editing
Raphaël Sohier
Re-Recording Mix
Stéphane Thiébaut
Music
Christian Garcia Gaucher

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Les Films du Losange

Worldwide Distribution

France
Les Films du Losange Distribution
Release date: 19.02.2014
Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution
Release date: 17.10.2013

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