Michel Marl�taz, Cooper
Michel Marlétaz, boisselier
Switzerland 1988. 16mm, Beta, VHS, colour, 30 min.
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After a serious car accident, Michel Marlétaz’ reconversion began with a wood working course intended for mountain peasants. He now turns out small wooden hollow ware like spoons, bowls or butter-churns. He is the only craftsman who makes the large butter-churns used in the summer pastures.
| Director | Jacqueline Veuve |
| Script | Jacqueline Veuve |
| Photography | Hugues Ryffel |
| Sound | Luc Yersin, Pierre-André Luthy |
| Editing | Edwige Ochsenbein |
| Music | de et interpretée par André Daniel Meylan |
| Collaborators | Prod. exécutif: Jean-Marc Henchoz |
| Duration | 30 min. |
| Format | 16mm, Beta, VHS, colour |
| Versions | français; ST: english, deutsch |
| Sales DVD/Video | VHS [order |
| Festivals/Prizes | Quality Award DFI |
| 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
What Jacqueline Veuve's film shows us, is all the hand movements which go in to the making of a big wooden butter-churn. These are movements which call for the technique of fingering, an creativity. Although they could also be done by a machine, they would then lose their soul.
Bieler Tagblatt, Seeländer Bote Biel, 1989
The film is much more than a precise demonstration of the basic steps of the trade, it also calls for respect and admiration for a dying trade which is part of our culture.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1989 (Franz Ulrich)