Continental Drift (South)
A prolific filmmaker and author of a trilogy, the final installment of which will be screened for the first time in Quebec as part of this retrospective, Lionel Baier is one of the leading figures in French-language Swiss cinema today. His political and intimate work also reflects a concern for formal renewal that is attuned to the reality of his time.
In the presence of Lionel Baier
Presented as part of the CINÉMANIA Festival
Nathalie Adler is on a mission in Sicily for the European Union, organizing the upcoming visit of a migrant camp by Macron and Merkel. Their presence has great symbolic value, demonstrating that everything is under control. But who is still prepared to believe in this European family on the verge of a nervous breakdown? Definitely not Albert, Nathalie's son, who is an activist with a nonprofit and turns up out of the blue, years after breaking off all contact with his mother. Their reunion will prove more explosive than the diplomatic mission...
Lionel Baier
Lionel Baier is a Swiss filmmaker born in Lausanne in 1975. His filmography comprises of both fiction and documentary films of various formats. Between 1996 and 2000, he worked as a first assistant director for several filmmakers, including Jacqueline Veuve and Jean-Stéphane Bron. He directed his first short film, Mignon à croquer, in 1999. However, he gained public recognition with his debut feature-length film, Celui du pasteur (2000), a documentary about his father. In 2004, he directed his first feature-length fiction film, Garçon stupide, followed by a tetralogy of films devoted to Europe, seen from every cardinal point. In 2015, his comedy about assisted suicide, La vanité, received four nominations at the Swiss Film Awards. In 2025, he released La cache, which is screening at the CINEMANIA festival in Montreal.
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