Michel Favre

Draw me a river

The Aire River in Geneva is being restored after 100 years of canalization, degradation and pollution. The process of restoration leads to a subtle reflection on landscape architecture and the role of Man in Nature. Guided by the drawings of the Swiss architect Georges Descombes and his Superposition group, the film meanders between seasons and stages of construction, with a soft interior music that reveals the global challenges of this small piece of territory. A large story for a tiny river.

So Close So Far

Bolivia in the 50's : on the Island of the Sun, in the midst of Lake Titicaca, Alberto Perrin films the indigenous community recently emancipated through the agrarian reform and the 1952 revolution. 2010: Carmen Perrin, his daughter, returns to the inhabitants the films shot by her father. No nostalgia, because the ancestral rites and the spirit of liberty continues to enliven the community, despite the pressure of tourism. A memory is emerging, gestures are invented, ties are woven in the landscape sanctuary.