Le souffle du désert
Desert Wind
Switzerland / Canada / France, April 2005
FILM,
Documentary,
80 min.
- directed by
- François Kohler
- Written by
- François Kohler
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.lesouffledudesert.ch
Kohler’s film is about 13 men of very different backgrounds and ages from Quebec, France, Belgium and Switzerland. The only thing they actually have in common is a desire to explore their masculine identity, and they do so during a two week trek on foot through the Tunisian desert. The men speak honestly and at length about how they see themselves as fathers, about their relationships with women and their mothers, and open up on sexuality, power, aggression, fear and competitive behaviour. Kohler accompanies them on as their experience becomes an absorbing debate on the changing role of men in today’s society.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2005
- Original Version
- French, colour, Digi Beta, 80 min.
- Production
- XL Production for Film & TV sàrl, National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Office national du film du Canada (ONF), RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, ARTE G.E.I.E., SRG SSR, Instant Film sàrl
- Producer
- Heinz Dill, Xavier Grin, Yves Bisaillon, Christian Medawar
- directed by
- François Kohler
- Written by
- François Kohler
- Cinematography
- Denis Jutzeler, Camille Cottagnoud
- Editing
- Hélène Girard
- Music
- Anthony Rozankovic
- Location Sound Mix
- Eric Ghersinu
World Sales / World Rights
Worldwide Distribution
- Canada
-
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Distribution
Release date: tba - Switzerland
-
XL Production for Film & TV sàrl
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
16.01.2006 - 22.01.2006 -
Cape Town, Encounters: South African International Documentary Festival
15.07.2005 - 31.07.2005 -
FROG - Festival du Film Romand à Genève
03.06.2005 - 05.06.2005