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Thérèse Clerc

Actor

Films

Les Invisibles

Les Invisibles

By Sébastien Lifshitz

2011 | 115 min | Documentary

This César-winning documentary provides an insightful glimpse into the lives of older gay men and lesbians in France.

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We will survive

We will survive

2018 | 29 min | Documentary

In this retirement home, unique in Germany, seniors of any sexual orientation are offered more than a home in old age. The documentary short film WE WILL SURVIVE observes the humorous, heartfelt and yet not always entirely conflict-free everyday life at Frankfurt's Regenbogen retirement home, exploring the question of how we want to live and love in our twilight years. "The film treats the topic of life in old age in a fear-free and life-affirming way, without ignoring the existing problems and ...

Der Papst ist kein Jeansboy

Der Papst ist kein Jeansboy

2011 | 73 min | Documentary

Hermes Phettberg used to be a mountain of a man, but now, due to illness, he has dangerously slimmed down. Despite his physical deterioration, this self-proclaimed “failure of a man” is still a charismatic commentator on Austrian society. As Austria's most famous welfare recipient fights for daily survival, he spends his days on the internet and writes a weekly column in the famous Vienna city magazine “Der Falter”.

Faltenrock

Faltenrock

2019 | 82 min | Documentary

What does aging mean in a society where people are living longer and longer? Using a friend’s camera, two young filmmakers follow frequent guests of Hamburg’s FALTENROCK party scene, where entry is restricted to those 60 and older. Christian, Mechthild, Christiane, and Volker fly to China, volunteer to help refugees, search for love, and then disappear onto Facebook for three hours. Coming to terms with one’s own age is always also a confrontation with society’s images of it. The documentary FALTENROCK ...

The Dreamed Ones

The Dreamed Ones

2016 | 89 min | Documentary

The correspondence between Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan forms the basis of the text. The story begins in Vienna in 1948, when she is 22 and he 27, and ends with Celan's suicide in 1971 in Paris. Two young actors, Anja Plaschg and Laurence Rupp, meet in a recording studio to read from their correspondence. The dramatically fluctuating feelings of the letters - between intoxication and fear of loss, delight and horror, closeness and strangeness - are passed on to the actors.