Johanna (working title)

Format: Feature-Length Hybrid Documentary
Direction: Céline Carridroit And Aline Suter
Screenplay: Céline Carridroit And Aline Suter
Production company: Aurélien Marsais (Earthling Productions)

Story

Summer in Geneva. Johanna, an operative in a luxury watch factory, spends her spare time working on her old 1970 Beetle. This summer, for the first time as a woman, she wants to take part in a speed race alongside other mechanics enthusiasts. But her Beetle seems about to give up on her …

DEVELOPMENT SINCE SUPPORT ON LEVEL I

The project is firmly established as a hybrid feature film. Shot with improvisations inspired by Johanna’s real life, we are integrating a second level of narration with her, allowing us to understand both her past life story, and the present-day invention of her character.