Last Dance (2022)
by Delphine Lehericey
SYNOPSIS:
Germain, an introspective retiree, abruptly becomes a widower at 75. He barely has the time to realize what has happened to him before his family forces their way into his daily life: non-stop phone calls and visits, meals and activities organized in advance – all meant to make his life as regular as clockwork. But Germain’s mind is elsewhere. Honoring a promise he made to his dear departed wife, he suddenly finds himself at the heart of a contemporary dance company’s newest work.
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After receiving a performing arts degree from the University of Paris and coming from a theater background, Delphine Lehericey first worked as an actress and stage director. Between 1998 and 2008 she participated in a number of productions in state and national theaters before training as a video director. As such, she led training programs for directing actors in front of the camera and directed scenographic pieces for dance and theater. She then decided to focus on film direction.
In 2007 she directed Comme à Ostende, a medium length film selected in particular for the Locarno film festival’s Concorso Cineasti del Presente. Two years later she codirected the documentary Les Arbitres [Referees] with the producers from the Belgian documentary television show Striptease. It was selected for several festivals and distributed by Gaumont. She continued her documentary work with two films that she directed for Arte and RTBF: Mode in Belgium in 2011, whose subject was the designer Jean-Paul Lespagnard and A Chef and her Lucky Star in2016, about the Michelin-starred chef Isabelle Arpin.
In 2013, Delphine Lehericey released her first feature film, Puppy Love, with Solène Rigot and Vincent Perez, which had its international premiere at the San Sebastián film festival. Her second feature film, Beyond the Horizon, which she directed in 2019, also premiered at San Sebastián, where it won the Greenpeace Lurra Prize. The cast included Laetitia Casta, Clémence Poesy, Thibaut Evrard and Luc Bruchez. The film was adapted from the Swiss novelist Roland Buti’s eponymous book. Beyond the Horizon was presented in numerous festivals and won Best Film and Best Screenplay at the Swiss Film awards in 2020. Between two feature films, Delphine also co-wrote a graphic novel, Etoilé, about the world of gastronomy published by Editions Dupuis. Once again with Box Productions she developed her first series, Les Indociles, adapted from its namesake graphic novel by Pitch Comment and Camille Rebetez. The series will be broadcast late 2023.
This event is made possible by the Consulate General of Switzerland in Atlanta