Madame

2019 / 93 mins / Subtitles available

Q&A Included This Premiere was shown from September 22 to September 26 2021

Language / Country : French / Switzerland

A family saga based on private archive footage, MADAME takes us onto an intimate journey where a flamboyant 90-year-old grandmother and her filmmaker grandson explore the development and transmission of gender identity in a patriarchal environment.

Cast

Caroline Della Beffa, Stéphane Riethauser, Caroline

Q&A Included

This includes the live Q&A with director Stephane Riethauser and special guest host Wendy Mitchell talking through Stephane's inspirations and why he decided to make Madame.

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What we love about this film

An intimate look at the relationship between a queer grandchild and their grandmother showing that they had a lot more in-common than you'd first think. The documentary really shows what it's like looking out at the heteronormative cisgendered world as a queer person.

In the press

""A little miracle. A movie that keeps opening up to the world, that welcomes everyone in his lap.""

La Tribune de Genève

""Very beautiful, both poetic and disturbing, funny and revolting. A moving documentary.""

Le Temps

""A self-portrait without concession, of brutal honesty. An anthem to the conquest of freedom.""

La Liberté