Jean-Stéphane Bron (1969-) is a

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. Born in 1969 in

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, Jean-Stéphane Bron graduated from the

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(ECAL). After ''Known to Our Departments'' and ''The Way I Look at You'', he directed for his first theatrical release ''Corn in Parliament'', among the biggest hits in Swiss cinema. His documentary films have been awarded various distinctions in Europe and the United States. In 2006, he made ''My Brother Is Getting Married'', his first fiction film. ''Cleveland versus Wall Street'', a film that recreates a fictional trial between evicted

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ers and bankers blamed for the financial crisis of 2007–2010, which was selected for the

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sidebar of the

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, is his fifth feature-length film.

Filmography

* ''L'Opéra de Paris'', documentary, 2017 (''The Paris Opera''). * ''L'Expérience Blocher'', documentary, 2013 (''The Blocher Experience''). Valère Gogniat, "L'arrivée du capitalisme « glacial »", ''

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'', Wednesday 30 October 2013, p. 26. * ''Cleveland contre Wall Street'', documentary, 2010 (''Cleveland versus Wall Street''). * ''Mon frère se marie'', fiction, 2006 (''My Brother Is Getting Married''). * ''Mais im Bundeshuus – Le génie helvétique'', documentary, 2003 (''Corn in Parliament''). * ''La bonne conduite (5 histoires d’auto-école)'', documentary, 1999 (''The Way I Look at You''). * ''Connu de nos services'', documentary, 1997 (''Known to Our Departments'').

Notes and references

External links

*
Director's portrait at Swissfilms
* « Cleveland to Cannes; US foreclosure story on film �

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