Chroma

Jean-Laurent Chautems - 2020

Feature-length fiction

synopsis

Claire is a young woman with an extrovert personality and a melancholy soul. She moves into a new apartment in Geneva and eases her loneliness by observing her neighbors. Her attention is caught by Alain, a man with strange phobias who goes out of his way to avoid any kind of emotional relationship. A singular love story between these two lonely people is about to begin, but will it be enough to free them from their past?

data sheet

The film was produced by P.S. Productions (Switzerland), in coproduction with RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse), Saga Film (Belgium) and Magellan Film (Belgium), with the support of the Office Fédéral de la Culture (OFC), Media Desk Suisse, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, with the participation of Cineforom and the support of the Loterie Romande, the Fonds culturel Suissimage, with the financial support of the Fondation Suisa and the Bourse stagiaire ville de Genève and the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government.

Directed by Jean-Laurent Chautems

Cast: Solène Rigot, Aurélien Caeyman, Partick Chesnais, Michel Cassagne, Lauriane Gilliéron, François Florey

Script: Jean-Laurent Chautems

Music: Malcolm Braff

Producer(s) : Xavier Grin

Co-producer(s) : Françoise Mayor, Hubert Toint, Jennifer Ritter, Samuel Feller

Production manager(s) : François Baumberger

Director of photography: Gabriel Lobos

1 AD: Antonin Schopfer

Casting: Nathalie Cheron (France), Isabel Luca (Switzerland)

Costumes : Claudine Tychon

Make-up: Valentine Erlanger

Hairstyling: Leila Fertikh

Live sound: Benoit De Clerck

VFX: Thomas Vanthuyne

Image editing: Jean Reusser

Sound editing: Adrien Navez

Sound mixing: Bruno Tarrière

Calibration: Yves Roy Vallaster

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Nominations / Selections

Solothurn Film Festival : Nominated in the Best Film category

Tübingen-Stuttgart International Francophone Film Festival