Description
Russian premiere
With everything they’ve got, a couple throws themselves into a sailing race lasting several days and nights on a large lake. The cinematographer of Godard’s final films, filmmaker Fabrice Aragno rarely relies on words: the splash of water, the cry of birds, and landscapes once painted by Turner and Courbet suffice.
* Junior jury award and Ecumenical Jury Special mention, Locarno
About the director:
Fabrice Aragno
He has directed several short and medium-length fiction and documentary films since Dimanche (official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, Cinéfondation, 1999). A close collaborator of Jean-Luc Godard since 2002, he has worked as editor, director of photography, sound engineer, and producer. In 2014 he was nominated by the National Society of Film Critics (USA) for Best Cinematography for Adieu au langage. He is one of the four authors of Orae: Experiencing the Borders, the Swiss pavilion project at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2025, he directed Le Lac, his first feature film. Fabrice Aragno’s most recent short film, Rolle Workshop, a Journey, is presented in the Multiverse section of the 35th Message to Man Film Festival.
We thank the Embassy of Switzerland in Russia and the company Sila vetra for supporting the screenings of the film The Lake.
