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Les Petites Fugues
''Les petites fugues'' is a 1979 Swiss comedy film directed by Yves Yersin. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. The film was produced by Filmkollektiv Zurich. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot 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. Soon a small moped comes to mind. Thus motorised he starts to explore the world around his village. One day he gets overly confident and drives under the influence of alcohol. This costs him his driver's license. But before this incident he has become the owner of a camera. Now he turns into a diligent photographer. Craving for new picture ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Yersin
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. Biography 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 The Swiss national exposition of 1964 (French: ''Exposition nationale suisse de 1964''), usually shortened to Expo 64, was a world's fair held in Lausanne, more specifically in Vidy and the neighbouring Vallée de la Jeunesse, between 30 April and ..., 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. Filmography * '' Swiss Made'' (1968) * '' Quatre d'entre elles'' (1968) * '' Die letzten Heimposamenter'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |