Yves Yersin
Directing
Biography
Yves Yersin (4 October 1942 – 15 November 2018) was a Swiss film director. His film Les petites fugues competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Yersin studied photography at the Center Vocational de Vevey from 1959 to 1961, and received a Federal Certificate of Capacity. He began advertising photography in 1962 and trained as a cameraman from 1963 to 1964. While at the Expo 64, Yersin assisted René Crux during the Polyvision slideshow. Yersin joined the Fondation du Groupe 5 with Alain Tanner, Jean-Louis Roy, Michel Soutter, and Jean-Jacques Lagrange in 1971. Source: Article "Yves Yersin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
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Spécial cinéma
The old farm worker Pipe is old enough to retire. Even so he cannot imagine a life without work. So he keeps on doing his job and wonders what to do with his additional financial means.
Les Petites Fugues
In this surreal, overstated, black-and-white film by Marcel Schuepbach, a young woman is slowly driven to near insanity by an inner desire for a passionate existence, while she lives a dull life at her grandmother's country home. The grandmother recalls how her own daughter lost hold of sanity and died on her lover's grave -- and she begins to see similarities in her granddaughter's behavior.
The Unburdening
Three short films about the future of Switzerland.
Swissmade
Documentary following the last year of a small mountain school in Switzerland before its dismantling.
Tableau noir
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Le Dernier Râle du r'alboum
A bold cinematic project which tells the story of four Swiss women, aged 16, 22, 31 and 72: Sylvie, Patricia, Erika and Angèle, by blending fiction and documentary into four individual shorts assembled into a full-length feature film.
Four of Them
Is a classic but biting description of the city Lausanne seen from the inside in its imagination and its history by a native.
Inventaire lausannois
Statements from 60 to 80 year old lace-makers on looms from the Basle area about their profession.