Curated by the Geneva University Film Club, Lost in Narration gathers films by directors such as Federico Fellini, Alain Resnais and David Lynch to explore non-linear, disorienting storytelling. The series maps fragmented narratives and dreamlike logic, offering snapshots of memory, identity and cinematic form. Expect varied visual textures—from luminous retro frames to saturated nocturnes—and an emotional pulse that moves between unease and melancholic wonder. It highlights how narrative instability opens new dramaturgies and sensory possibilities in cinema.

Blade Runner (Director’s Cut) by Ridley Scott (1992, 1h56), organised by the Société de Lecture, in the presence of Professor Alexandre Pouget.

Ridley Scott’s Director’s Cut of Blade Runner is a hallucinatory neo-noir that probes memory, identity, and what it means to be human. Set in a rain-soaked, neon-lit future, the film combines moody, atmospheric cinematography with philosophical questions about creation and empathy. Harrison Ford’s brooding performance and Vangelis’s iconic score create a haunting, elegiac tone that underscores themes of mortality, longing, and the blurred boundary between man and machine.

In original English version with French subtitles.

Christine Angot’s debut feature, Une Famille, is a stark, intimate film that turns the camera toward a painful family history. Filmed in restrained, observational close-ups, Angot confronts the legacy of abuse by questioning relatives and probing silence and memory. The film challenges social norms and the boundaries of testimony with austere visuals and unflinching emotional honesty, offering a measured, unsettling exploration of trauma, culpability and the fraught dynamics of familial silence.

Screening in the presence of the filmmaker, organized by the Société de Lecture.

in French.

Filmmaker Diana Markosian offers a cinematic meditation inspired by Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, blending documentary intimacy with operatic drama. Her selection foregrounds personal narratives and staged tableaux, privileging luminous compositions, close-up portraiture and a haunting soundtrack. The program weaves memory and performance, exploring themes of displacement, longing and identity through images that feel both archival and theatrical. It’s an atmospheric encounter with image, voice and the operatic imagination.

In French.