Jean-François Amiguet

Jean-François Amiguet

75 (1950-01-01)
Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland

Jean-François Amiguet (born 1950) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His film Lounge Chair was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Source: Article "Jean-François Amiguet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Lounge Chair 1988 (5)

This uneven comedy of manners concerns a young film projectionist (Jerome Ange) who sets out to find a marriageable woman. He sets his sights on two women he has lived with for nearly ten years (Kristin Scott-Thomas and Sylvie Orcier). For some reason, the projectionist encourages one of the women to hire a private detective (Patrice Kerbrat) to monitor his romantic activities.
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The Last Writer 1993 (5)

Jacques asks a public writer to compose love letters for a beautiful stranger that he pretends he has just met.
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South of the Clouds 2003 (6)

70-year-old mountain farmer Adrien from Valais suggests a trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway to his friends. The taciturn mountain folk get on the train, but they never really let go. Nothing works without Jass cards and white wine. Only Adrien makes it as far as Beijing: For the stubborn farmer, the long journey ultimately becomes a journey to himself, to his own feelings.