Facing the Judge
by Pierre-François Sauter (produced by PCT cinema-télévision)73 min. documentary 2009
Subsequent to indictments and arrests, the examining magistrate deals with the individual cases. While listening to the accused in closed sessions and deciding their fate, he is directly confronted with brutal social reality. The accused have much to tell about themselves: dramas, accidents, violence, conflicts, misunderstandings, thoroughly calculated schemes and brutal, ill-considered behaviour makes a world come alive in the examiner’s office, appearing at once absurd, ludicrous and tragic. A human comedy is being played out right before our eyes.
- Visions du Réel 2019, Switzerland
- 44e Journées de Soleure 2010, Switzerland: selected for the Prix de Soleure
- Festival du Film Francophone de Wien 2010
- Images de Justice 2010, Rennes
- China Documentary Film Festival, Beijing, 2010
Written and directed by : Pierre-François Sauter
Cinematography: Patrick Tresch, Pierre-François Sauter
Sound Recorder:: Laurent Barbey
Editor : Dominique Pâris
Production manager: Nadejda Magnenat
Sound design & Mixer : Denis Séchaud
Original music : Pierre-Alain Bertholet
Production: Pierre-André Thiébaud, PCT cinéma télévision
Coproduction: Télévision Suisse Romande, SRG/SSR idée suisse, supported by Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Fondation Vaudoise pour le Cinéma, Regio Films, Fonds de production télévisuelle.
Cinema distribution: Pierre-François Sauter
April 2009 – Switzerland (French and German-speaking parts)
