The Laundry Room (18+)
Sweden, France, 2013, colour, 72 min.
Directors: Floriane Devigne , Frédéric Florey
Directors: Floriane Devigne , Frédéric Florey
The key to the communal laundry room in the block of flats on the Rue de Genève 85 in Lausanne serves a much greater function than merely unlocking the door. This encounter between a symbol of typical Swiss mentality with a penchant for order and the tenants who have been housed here by the city’s social services department is not something to be taken for granted. Although the laundry room is normally located in the cellar, the tenants in this building share a tiny laundry room in a hall because the cellar is reserved for prostitution. To maintain order and cleanliness, the landlord hires Claudina, a new “laundry woman.”
AWARDS
Grand Prize SSR SRG at Visions du Reél
Floriane Devigne
Floriane Devigne
born in 1977 in Lausanne, Switzerland. 1997 Receives degree from the INSAS (Institut Nationale Supérieur des Arts et du Spectacle), Brussels, performing arts department. Attended various courses on screenwriting and documentary directing.
FILMOGRAPHY
“La boîte à tartine”, 2008; “Soeur cousine”, 2010; “The Laundry Room”, 2013; “Dayana Market”, 2013.
Frédéric Florey
Frédéric Florey
born in 1971 in Geneva, Switzerland. 2002 Receives degree in cinema from the HEAD (Haute École d'Arts et Spectacles, formerly ESBA), Geneva. 2002-05 Works as assistant at the HEAD, cinema department.
FILMOGRAPHY
“Terres promises”, 2007;“Amotmalies”, 2007; “Les saisons de Marie-Thérèse Chappaz”, 2009; “Rothschild boulevard”, 2013;“The Laundry Room”, 2013.
Sweden, France, 2013, colour, 72 min.
Directors: Floriane Devigne , Frédéric Florey
Directors: Floriane Devigne , Frédéric Florey
The key to the communal laundry room in the block of flats on the Rue de Genève 85 in Lausanne serves a much greater function than merely unlocking the door. This encounter between a symbol of typical Swiss mentality with a penchant for order and the tenants who have been housed here by the city’s social services department is not something to be taken for granted. Although the laundry room is normally located in the cellar, the tenants in this building share a tiny laundry room in a hall because the cellar is reserved for prostitution. To maintain order and cleanliness, the landlord hires Claudina, a new “laundry woman.”
AWARDS
Grand Prize SSR SRG at Visions du Reél