Portraits en altitude – Louisa Allamand
1991
France
17 minutes
French
Louisa Allamand is a retired farmer who lives in a small village in Haute-Savoie. From 1978 to 1982, three photographers and a sound engineer visited her in her farm, the Hauts Choseaux. But Louisa has never let herself be photographed since she was thirty, “ever since she saw some photographs of elderly people lying in dust bin.” She nostalgically and modestly describes the moment when she ceased to dream. She draws a terrible picture of the life she and other farmers lead in those mountains, of their work and their feeling of loneliness. ” Children leave you and husbands just can’t understand you.” Today she feels old, as if “emptied from within “.
Production :
Culture pour vivre; Centre d'Art de Flaine
Culture pour vivre; Centre d'Art de Flaine
Distribution :
Agence du court métrage
Agence du court métrage
Editing :
Odile Pellissier; Aline Luque
Odile Pellissier; Aline Luque
Sound :
Aline Luque; Florence Hermitte
Aline Luque; Florence Hermitte
Photography :
Odile Pellissier; Jean Gaumy; Arnaud Legrain
Odile Pellissier; Jean Gaumy; Arnaud Legrain