Documentary ∙ 2018
32 min ∙ 16/9
English/Swiss-German
A film by Juliette Menthonnex
Mia, a former trapeze artist from Florida finds herself at the head of a small circus with her husband in German-speaking Switzerland. Despite an exhausting nomadic lifestyle, Mia has faith in the circus tradition and patience while passing on this cultural heritage to her daughter Simone.
Juliette Menthonnex est née à Zürich en 1994. Après une maturité bilingue entre la Suisse et l’Allemagne, elle intègre en 2014 le cursus cinéma à l’École d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL). Elle vit à Lausanne.
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Screenplay and directing
Juliette MenthonnexPhotography
Juliette Menthonnex
Sound
Oliver Rogers, Nadine Häusler
Editing
Myriam RachmuthSound editing
Lou-Théa Papaloïzos
Sound mixing
Adrien Kessler
Color grading
Laurent Kempf
Production
Thera Production, Julien RouyetCoproduction
Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL)
With the support of
L’Office Fédéral de la Culture (OFC)
Cinéforom with the Loterie Romande
Festivals
4th INCA IMPERIAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 201916th PROVINZIALE – Filmfest Eberswalde 2019
REC Film Festival, Berlin 2019
21st Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2020
15th POPPY JASPER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021