Discipline
a film by Christophe M. Saber
Discipline
A film by Christophe M. Saber
- 2014
- Switzerland
- 12 minutes
- VO French – DE, IT subtitles
It’s 9:30pm in a grocery store in Lausanne, Switzerland. The place is run by Egyptians. In a moment of anger, a father loses patience and disciplines his disobedient child. A shocked customer immediately intervenes to express her concern. Other customers join the conversation, they each put their two cents in and the staff is helpless. This discussion turns into a debate, which turns into a quarrel. The situation gradually gets out of hand and into chaos…
Discipline
A film by Christophe M. Saber
- 2014
- Switzerland
- 12 minutes
- VO French – DE, IT subtitles
It’s 9:30pm in a grocery store in Lausanne, Switzerland. The place is run by Egyptians. In a moment of anger, a father loses patience and disciplines his disobedient child. A shocked customer immediately intervenes to express her concern. Other customers join the conversation, they each put their two cents in and the staff is helpless. This discussion turns into a debate, which turns into a quarrel. The situation gradually gets out of hand and into chaos…
AWARDS
Swiss Film Award
- Best short film
Tehran ISFF
- Grand Prix
Leeds IFF
- Audience Award
Leuven ISFF
- Audience Award
And more than 70 awards around the world!
FESTIVALS
World Premiere : Toronto International Film Festival
Izmir ISFF
Leeds IFF
Festival européen du film court de Brest
Leuven ISFF
Max Ophüls FF
Palm Springs FF
Molodist Kyev IFF
And more than 240 selections !
Cast & crew
With
Florence Quartenoud
Frank Semelet
Garance Rohr
Mehdi Djaadi
Adel Ahdy
Nour Gayed
Gianfranco Poddighe
Camille Fiiguereo
Leo Marroni
Yves Reaber
Nasstasja Tanner
Elie Veillon
Martin Gafsou
Aso Mohameadi
Landu Domingos
Zoel Aeschbacher
Laurent Baier
Written and directed by
Christophe M. Saber
Director of photography
Denis Jutzeler
Editing
Jonathan Vinel
1st Assistant director
Léna Perdu
Script Supervisor
Marie Chaduc
Sound
Julien Cariteau
Pascal Jacquet
Sound editing
Zoel Aeschbacher
Aude Sublet
Sound mixing
Léo Lepage
Set and props
Céline Masson
Costumes
Ava Ortlieb
Makeup
Fabio Camponovo-Schlegel
Production
Box Productions
ECAL Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne
In coproduction with
RTS
Director’s bio
Born in Cairo in Egypt in 1991, of Egyptian and Swiss nationality. Christophe left Egypt for Switzerland in 2010 and joined the ECAL cinema department. In 2014, he completed his bachelor’s degree and obtained his diploma with “very good” honors. DISCIPLINE, his graduation film, had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. This film won the Swiss Cinema Prize (Quartz) in the best short film category as well as more than 90 international awards. He then directed his first feature-length documentary, LA VALLEE DU SEL, as well as two short fiction films, PUNCHLINE and SACRILÈGE. In 2018, Canal + and SoFilm asked him to adapt a short story by Hervé Commère: “TOMATIC”, as part of the Polar collection.
