Lionel Baier

Lionel Baier

49 (1975-12-13)
Lausanne, Switzerland

Lionel Baier is a Swiss filmmaker. He studied Art at University of Lausanne from 1995–98. In 2009, he co-founded the production company Bande à Part films, together with Ursula Meier, Jean-Stéphane Bron and Frédéric Mermoud.

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The Safe House 2025 (6)

An eccentric family portrait set during the May 1968 protests in Paris. A nine-year-old boy stays with his grandparents and uncles while his parents protest. When an illustrious guest seeks refuge in the apartment, the family’s dynamics change.
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Longwave 2013 (5.7)

It is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus trip with Bob, sound engineer approaching retirement. The projects financed by Switzerland prove to be calamitous and the workers’ revolution that suddenly breaks out doesn’t help, obliging our heroes to disregard first the radio’s management, and then their own codes of conduct.
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Stupid Boy 2004 (5.6)

This coming-of-age drama deals with a young man, realizing who he really is and which things he will never do...