Gwennaël Bolomey’s La Vallée is a sensitive, intimate film that reconnects the filmmaker with his childhood in the Vallée de Joux. Prompted by the birth of his daughters, Bolomey returns to the winter Jura to confront a fraught relationship with his manic‑depressive, alcoholic father. Through restrained, tender observation and evocative landscapes, the film examines memory, illness and inheritance. Poised between reserve and emotional warmth, it maps how ties frayed by suffering can, across generations, transform fear into a unifying love.
Followed by a discussion with director Gwennaël Bolomey.
In French (original version).
