Thunder (2022 film)

Thunder (French: Foudre) is a 2022 Swiss drama film written and directed by Carmen Jaquier.[1] The film stars Lilith Grasmug as Elisabeth, a young woman who has spent several years in a convent school preparing to take vocation as a nun, but finds that her desires have changed when she returns home following the death of her older sister.[1]

Thunder
Film poster
FrenchFoudre
Directed byCarmen Jaquier
Written byCarmen Jaquier
Produced byFlavia Zanon
Joëlle Bertossa
StarringLilith Grasmug
CinematographyMarine Atlan
Edited byXavier Sirven
Music byNicolas Rabaeus
Production
company
Close Up Films
Release date
  • September 10, 2022 (2022-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageFrench

Jaquier has described the film as inspired by the discovery of old notebooks belonging to her great-grandmother, which revealed details about her daily life and her relationship to God.[1]

The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022,[2] and will be screened in the New Directors lineup at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival.[3]

See also

References
  1. Muriel Del Don, "Carmen Jaquier’s Foudre enters into post-production". Cineuropa, 27 July 2021.
  2. Jeremy Kay, "Frances O’Connor’s ‘Emily’ to open TIFF Platform alongside films from Maïmouna Doucouré, Rima Das". Screen Daily, 3 August 2022.
  3. John Hopewell, "San Sebastian New Directors Section to Feature Carmen Jaquier, Laura Baumeister, Dinara Drukarova". Variety, 28 July 2022.
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