MADAME

By Stéphane RIETHAUSER

LIGHTDOX - as SALES All rights, World

LGBT - Completed 2019

A grandmother and her grandson engage in an intimate conversation, exploring gender, sexuality and transmission of identity.

Festivals
& Awards

Visions du Réel 2019
Documenta Madrid 2019
Jury Prize
FIDBA 2019
Special Jury Award
Queer Festival Porto 2019
Jury Award and Audience Award
Image+Nation Montréal 2019
Jury Award and Audience Award for Best Documentary
Escales documentaires Festival in La Rochelle 2019
Audience Award
Kerala International Film Festival 2019
Pink Apple Zurich 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • LGBT, Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 93 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Stéphane RIETHAUSER
    • Synopsis
    • 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.