Madame Favre's

Madame Favre's

Maybe home is not a place, maybe it's a memory

2026

DocumentaryDramaFamily

In a nursing home, a young man visits his grandmother. As she constantly repeats that she wants to go home, his grandson visits her now empty apartment, seeking to capture memories of a fading past.

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Production

École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Robin Kaufmann

Robin Kaufmann

Robin Kaufmann

Micheline Favre

Madame Favre

Jérôme Bilon

Jérôme Bilon

Anne-Catherine Le Mével

Anne-Catherine Le Mével

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