Directing
Ursula Meier
Born June 24, 1971 · Besançon, Doubs, France (age 55)
Ursula Meier (born 24 June 1971) is a French-Swiss film director and screenwriter.
Known For
Stupid Boy · 2004Stupid Boy
★ 5.72004
MovieComedyDrama
This coming-of-age drama deals with a young man, realizing who he really is and which things he will never do...
Longwave · 2013Longwave
★ 5.62013
MovieComedy
It is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus trip with Bob, sound engineer approaching retirement. The projects financed by Switzerland prove to be calamitous and the workers’ revolution that suddenly breaks out doesn’t help, obliging our heroes to disregard first the radio’s management, and then their own codes of conduct.
Sister · 2012Sister
★ 6.72012
MovieDrama
A drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
Stuntwomen · 2022Stuntwomen
★ 9.22022
MovieDocumentary
The daily life of Petra, Virginie, and Estelle, three stuntwomen, from the dangerous film sets, where they face all kinds of deadly dangers, to the safety of their homes.
Particles · 2019Particles
★ 4.42019
MovieDrama
As winter sets in and P.A. sees the world shifting around him, he starts to observe strange phenomena in the environment. The changes are imperceptible at first, but gradually his whole world seems to be on the brink.
Home · 2008Home
★ 6.82008
MovieDrama
Along with her husband and three children, Marthe lives in an eden of her own creation, nearly isolated from the rest of the world. The arrival of a construction vehicle, however, pierces their tranquil, hermetic existence—before long a disused highway has been re-opened, and the family finds their home situated in the midst of rush-hour traffic. While the privileges of clean air, quietude and privacy are thus denied them, Marthe remains determined to stay no matter the cost.
Diary of My Mind · 2018Diary of My Mind
★ 4.92018
MovieDramaCrime
On February 27, 2009, pupil Benjamin Feller commits a crime which he has meticulously described beforehand in a diary entry. He goes to the post office to send the diary entry to his teacher before he shoots his parents and turns himself in to the police. His teacher Esther Fontanel tries to understand the events in retrospect. But as the journal’s addressee, she is increasingly targeted by the police herself.
