简介：ItisthediscoveryofadocumentrecognisingtheservicesrenderedbytwofishermenfromLakeGenevaduringtheOccupationthattriggeredtheinvestigationundertakenbySwissauthorJanineMassardinhernovelGensdulac,publishedin2013.Jean-MarieStraubretracestheitineraryoftheson,Paulus–justasheandDanièleHuillethadfollowedthatofJeanBricardjustovertenyearsagointhelastfilmtheymadetogether.GensdulacdoesnotdepartfromtherulethatsetseachStraubfilmasanaccountofahistoricalsituationinwhichmenhaveresisted(Daney).Shotaboardaboatandhardlyeverleavingthelake’swaters,thefilmdepictsthelifeofthisonlysonwhohasfoundbrothersoverthecourseofhisfishing–beithisfirststepsinthetrade,thehelpgiventofugitivesanddeliveriesofprovisionstotheResistance,orhiscontributiontotheemergenceofanewLeftinpost-warFrancophoneSwitzerland.Findingtheseedsofapoliticalactinthisunconditionalhospitality,Straubgraduallydissipatesthepeacefulimpressionandconservativespiritofthis“friendly,evenemollient”landscape,anddistinguishesbetweenthesilence“recommendedduringthehostilities”fromthesilencethatsubsequentlyenjoinedpeoplenottodisturbthepoliticalorder.Whilethepeopleofthelakedonotguardafrontier,theydo,ontheotherhand,belongtoafront.(AntoineThirion)…