Jacqueline Veuve Movies

  • 1960
    Magritte or the Object Lesson

    Magritte or the Object Lesson

    Magritte or the Object Lesson

    5.61960HD

    The surrealist painter René Magritte questions the objective reality and emphasizes the arbitrariness of the relationship between an object,...

    Magritte or the Object Lesson
  • 1978
    Death of the Grandfather or: The Sleep of the Just

    Death of the Grandfather or: The Sleep of the Just

    Death of the Grandfather or: The Sleep of the Just

    5.51978HD

    A tale, told by his five daughters, of the life and death of a man very representative of a Protestant Switzerland in the early 20th century where...

    Death of the Grandfather or: The Sleep of the Just
  • 1992
    Les métiers du bois

    Les métiers du bois

    Les métiers du bois

    01992HD

    A collection of woodworkers' portraits, among them carvers and coopers, roof tilers and toymakers.

    Les métiers du bois
  • 1989
    Marcellin Babey, Turner

    Marcellin Babey, Turner

    Marcellin Babey, Turner

    01989HD

    Marcellin Babey, from the Swiss Jura, is thirty-five years old. He works in an old workshop in the heart of Lausanne, concious that building...

    Marcellin Babey, Turner
  • 1988
    François Pernet, Carpenter and Sculptor

    François Pernet, Carpenter and Sculptor

    François Pernet, Carpenter and Sculptor

    01988HD

    Like his grandfather and his father before him, François Pernet is a mountain peasant and works with wood. He trained as a carpenter and...

    François Pernet, Carpenter and Sculptor
  • 1988
    Claude Lebet, Luthier

    Claude Lebet, Luthier

    Claude Lebet, Luthier

    01988HD

    Claude Lebet, luthier, had originally wanted to be a parson, like his father before him. However, after one year in theological school, he left to...

    Claude Lebet, Luthier
  • 1988
    Michel Marlétaz, Cooper

    Michel Marlétaz, Cooper

    Michel Marlétaz, Cooper

    01988HD

    Michel Marlétaz lives in Les Echenards, a seven-person hamlet without an access road. After a bad car accident left him injured, he had to...

    Michel Marlétaz, Cooper
  • 1987
    Armand Rouiller, Sledge-maker

    Armand Rouiller, Sledge-maker

    Armand Rouiller, Sledge-maker

    01987HD

    Armand Rouiller, 80, is a mountain peasant, woodcutter, and craftsman. He handcrafts large sledges, rakes and handles for scythes, a craft he learned...

    Armand Rouiller, Sledge-maker
  • 1989
    Joseph Doutaz & Olivier Veuve, Shingle-makers

    Joseph Doutaz & Olivier Veuve, Shingle-makers

    Joseph Doutaz & Olivier Veuve, Shingle-makers

    01989HD

    The "tavillonneur" or shingle-maker cuts out and fits shingles or wood tiles into place. Shingles (called "tavillons" in Switzerland), are one of the...

    Joseph Doutaz & Olivier Veuve, Shingle-makers