Armand Rouiller, Sledge-maker
Armand Rouiller, fabricant de luges
Switzerland 1987. 16mm, colour, 44 min.
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The first of a series of seven films on wood crafts. Armand Rouiller, 80, mountain peasant, woodcutter, is the last craftsman in Switzerland to build sledges and rakes in the old-time way.
| Director | Jacqueline Veuve |
| Script | Jacqueline Veuve |
| Photography | Hugues Ryffel |
| Sound | Luc Yersin, Pierre-André Luthy |
| Editing | Edwige Ochsenbein |
| Music | La petite Messe solennelle de Rossini |
| Collaborators | Prod. exécutif: Jean-Marc Henchoz |
| Duration | 44 min. |
| Format | 16mm, colour |
| Versions | français; ST: english, deutsch |
| Sales DVD/Video | VHS [order |
| Festivals/Prizes | Quality award (Swiss Federal Office of Culture). Golden Devil and Special Prize Swiss Radio and TV Society (SSR), International Alpine Film Festival, Les Diablerets, Switzerland 1987. First prize Stella di Gibellina, Italy 1988. Leroi-Gourhan Award, 7th Account of Ethnographical Films, Musée de l'Homme, Paris 1988. Official selection Aurillac Festival, France |
| Production | Aquarius Film Production, TSR, La Sept (Paris) |
| World Rights | Aquarius Film Production |
| Distribution Switzerland | Aquarius Film Production, CH-1808 Les Monts-de-Corsier Tél. +41 21 921 18 20 – Fax +41 21 921 78 31 E-mail: info@jacquelineveuve.com – send a message |
| Distribution international | France: Visionnement: Bibliothèques publiques, cf. www.culture.gouv.fr |
Press review
With the curiosity and enthusiasm of an entomologist, Jacqueline Veuve observed the extraordinary way he transforms pieces of wood into rakes and sledges.
24 heures, 1987 (René Dasen)
A most complete work, a precise ethnological approach and perfectly directed.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1988