TEA WITH MADAME CLOS

(worked as Postproduction Technical Supervisor and the Editor of the trailer)

A feature documentary by JANE OEHR

SYNOPSIS

On a train returning to South West France an Australian woman filmmaker remembers Madame Clos, the oldest woman in a small bastide village and the many encounters and cups of tea she shares with her over four years. But France is changing. Will she still be there?

Madame Clos engages with the world around her through her huge window. There the filmmaker first finds her. There Madame Clos participates in the dramas of life around her. There she mourns the loss of her dear housekeeper, there she talks to her neighbours, to the Gendarmes as they pass, there she watches a wedding and the children in the school and debates philosophical values. As she approaches her 100th year, fragile but still vivacious she reveals the secret handed down from her mother.

An intense experience of time and place. of being in the moment and a meditation on ageing – this is a portrait of a vanishing way of life in France.

DISTRIBUTION (Ronin)
Tea with Madame Clos went on limited release at the following Australian cinemas:

NSW: Dendy Opera Quays, Manly Twin, Wagga Wagga City Cinemas, Newcastle Tower GUO, Mt Vic Flicks, Glenbrook Cinema, Tamworth City Cinemas.

VIC: Sun Yarraville, Cameo Belgrave, Rosebud, Sorrento

SA: Wallis Cinemas Mitcham & Mt Barker

TAS: Hobart State Theatre, Burnie Metro

ACT: Greater Union Manuka

Reviews: At The Movies, Movie Time, Sydney Morning Herald,

CREDITS

PRODUCED and DIRECTED by JANE OEHR

FEATURE EDITOR: STEWART YOUNG, ASE

TRAILER EDITOR: PAULO ALBERTON

CAMERA: JANE OEHR

MUSIC COMPOSED and PERFORMED by MARCELLO MAIO and CATHY LE MEE

POSTPRODUCTION MANAGER SANDRA ALEXANDER

POST PRODUCTION TECHNICAL SUPERVISION PAULO ALBERTON

GRAPHICS TITLE DESIGN MAYA STOCKS

Supervising Sound Editor: Andrew Plain
Sound Editor: Manel Lopez
Mixer: Michael Thompson
Foley: Feet ‘n’ Frames
Sound Ediing Facility: Huzzah Sound
Sound Mixing Facility: Soundfirm
Post Production: The Lab Sydney
Post Production Manager: Prue Fletcher
Post Producer: Stewart Dean
Digital Media: Alex Reyes
Colourist: Annalie Chapple
Online Mastering: Jo Spillane
Legals: Caroline Verge
Insurance: H.W Wood
Accounting: MONEYPENNY SERVICES

SPECIAL THANKS TO CLAUDE ARCEDUC, JEAN PAUL ARCEDUC

THANKS TO
CLAIRE JAGER
ROWENA CROWE
CATHERINE MENARD
FANOU FILALI
NORMAN PARKHILL
GREG ORR
ROSS STEELE
KEN CAMERON
CURTIS LEVY
JULIA OVERTON

THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE OF LAUZERTE, TARN-ET-GARONNE FRANCE
MADAME PAULETTE CLOS ARCEDUC 1908-2007

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