Archive of films Tenderness / La tendresse

Belgium / France / Germany
2013, 78 min

Section: Another View
Year: 2013

Fifteen years after their divorce, Frans and Lisa set off for an Alpine ski resort to look after their adult son who has broken his leg. During their journey together, they bring to the surface a myriad of emotions and memories which still unite them after all these years apart. Is it about jealousy, hostility, indifference, friendship, reciprocity, or even love?


Synopsis

Frans and Lisa have been divorced for 15 years. Now they are setting off for the Alpine ski resort of Flaine to take care of their son, a skiing instructor who has broken his leg. As they journey together, a myriad of emotions and feelings float to the surface, along with memories that still unite them after all these years apart. Is it jealousy, hostility, indifference, friendship, reciprocity, or even love? The director doesn’t assess what’s going on, nor look towards a happy ending. It is more important for her to create an impression of the overall situation. She speaks about what prompted her to make the film: "I have seen many films about break-ups. Almost all of them end badly. Men and women who have loved one other, who have had children together, separate and start hating each other, hurting each other. That always seemed strange to me. Could they have been so misguided? How can love transform itself into something so different? I wanted Tenderness to end up being a ‘feel-good movie.’ A film that makes viewers happy, even if the story is sometimes tinged with a certain nostalgia.” A personal road movie that screened in its world premiere at the Rotterdam IFF.

About the director

Marion Hänsel

Marion Hänsel (b. 1949, Marseille) is an intenationally award-winning Belgian filmmaker. She established Man’s Films in 1977 in order to shoot her first short film Equilibres. Her feature film debut was The Bed (Le lit, 1982). Subsequent films which she directed and produced garnered numerous international awards, among them Dust (1983), Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1995 – screened during Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes), Sounds of Sand (Si le vent souleve les sables, 2006) and Black Ocean (Noir océan, 2010 – Venice IFF). She has produced and co-produced around a dozen films by other directors (including Jacques Doillon, Danis Tanović). Her film On Earth as in Heaven (Sur la terre come au ciel) was screened in the main competition at KVIFF 1992. In 1988-2003 she served several times as president of the French Community Film Selection Board.

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section: Another View
   
Director: Marion Hänsel
Screenplay: Marion Hänsel
Dir. of Photography: Jan Vancaillie
Music: René-Marc Bini
Editor: Michèle Hubinon
Producer: Marion Hänsel, Cedomir Kolar, Ernst Szebedits
Production: Man’s Films productions, A.S.A.P. Films, Neue Pegasos
Cast: Marilyne Canto, Olivier Gourmet, Adrien Jolivet
Contact: Doc & Film International

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