Helena Dali’s documentary reconstructs the life of Swiss entrepreneur Cäsar Dubler and the textile empire he built in Catalonia. Seen through the eyes of his grandchildren, the film interweaves family albums, Swiss archives and Catalan landscapes in an intimate, archival-driven study of industry, exile and memory. It traces the rise and decline of a family business against twentieth-century social and political upheavals, favouring textured images and contemplative rhythms to evoke the traces and silences that shape personal and collective history.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Helena Dali and Sébastien Farré, director of the Maison de l’histoire and co-director of the Festival Histoire et Cité.
Original version in Swiss German, German and Spanish with French subtitles
