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Alexandre Jollien was born in Switzerland in 1975 with a cerebral motor handicap. Today a writer and philosopher, he has published two books "Éloge de la faiblesse" (1999) and "Le Métier d'homme" (2002). For more than a year-and-a-half, Joël Calmettes met with him. As it reveals a personality and an exceptional life, the film echoes one of Jollien’s reflections: I think that one of the opportunities in my life was to have felt weak and to have worked towards more progress. The result is the high-spirited portrait of an unusual man whose words and attitudes have a lot to teach us.

France - 2004 - 57 mn - DV Cam - Colour

Director Joël Calmettes Script Joël Calmettes Camera Joël Calmettes Sound Olivier Bréjoux, Paul Cerni Editing Emmanuelle Froger Music Denis Uhalde

Production Chiloé Productions, 12 rue Saint Gilles, 75003 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)9 6125 2986 Fax : +33 (0)1 4274 3455 E-mail : chiloeproductions@orange.fr with the participation of Télévision Suisse Romande / Radio Télévision Suisse, France 3

Sales Chiloé Productions, 12 rue Saint Gilles, 75003 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)9 6125 2986 Fax : +33 (0)1 4274 3455 E-mail : chiloe@sylicone.com