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A feature film debut rich in atmosphere that hardly needs words to tell the story of a young woman's emancipation from the repressiveness of a strict Catholic society.
A mountain village in southern Switzerland around 1900. Elisabeth, 17, has been living in a convent for five years. As she's about to take her vows, the sudden death of her older sister forces her to return to the family farm. An oppressive silence weighs on this devout Catholic home, which spurs Elisabeth on to track down the circumstances of her sister's death.
Meet the director
Carmen Jaquier
Carmen Jaquier, born in Geneva in 1985, studied graphic design before turning to film. In 2004, she shot her first short film, BOUFFE MOI!, prior to studying film and screenwriting at the École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne. Her graduation film, LE TOMBEAU DES FILLES (2011), was awarded the Pardino d'Argento at the Locarno Film Festival. As a member of the Aamen collective, she experimented with image composition and editing. Both the collective film HEIMATLAND (2015), which she worked on, and her short film LA RIVIÈRE SOUS LA LANGUE (2015) were screened at Locarno as well. THUNDER is her first feature-length film; its world premiere was in Toronto.