Visions du Réel – Screening in Gland for the first time.
You can’t miss them, walking, driving or cycling in Gland, on the Avenue du Mont-Blanc, from the autoroute to the lake road, or on the Route de Begnins (the road that passes the post office from the ‘Denner’ round-about to the Gare), there are many bright, lively, red and white posters publicising Visions du Réel à Gland.
Take a walk down the Grand-Rue and you will see the cheerful and creatively decorated window for ‘Echos du Réel’ at number 47 the shop of Mme. Hemberger, ‘Passion Cadeau’, in competition for the ‘Concours de Vitrines’ with other shops in Nyon. Look closely at the left side of the window and you’ll recognise the ‘trademark’ of a famous actor who is well known around the world, and lived in Switzerland.
Fourteen films from different categories will be screened in Gland during the film festival. Screenings are in the evening during the week.
There is free parking and cycle stands at the Théâtre, with directions that get you there with ease regardless of where you are coming from in Gland or other towns or villages.
For many people in Gland, this is a chance to attend important films at the large and professional Théâtre de Grand-Champ that is well known in the region for the shows, concerts and films that are held there.
Gland welcomes Visions du Réel to the annual cultural calendar and encourages everyone to participate and enjoy the entertaining and educational films from around the world that are being shown
Trish Thalman
Tonight (20 April) in Gland, the film “My love, Don’t Cross that River” by Moyoung Jin at 20:00
Jo Byeongman is 98, his wife Kang Gyeyeol is 89. When they met she was just fourteen. 35 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren later, not a day has gone by when they have not been in love, made each other laugh. But death is looking them in the face.
Living in Nyon’s comment on this film. This is also a love story as well as a documentary. Best to take a handkerchief along, there are some moving and sad scenes. Yet, some of them seem overly staged, while others are a true reflection of their life – scenes of the children and grandchildren arguing over their parents, the angst of the the wife watching her husband while he is treated in hospital. There are some scenes that perhaps the director could and should have left out. Scenes that robbed the 98 year old husband of his dignity. Nevertheless, the film has become a successful independent film in its own country and is an interesting window on the world of modern and traditional South Korean life, filmed over 15 months in mountain village in Hoengseong County, Gangwon Province. Click here for info and tickets