Servette au Charmilles: Story of a ardour

An distinctive movie on the epic of Servette at Les Charmilles, to be seen on Léman Bleu on Saturday at 8:30 p.m., directed by Juliana Fanjul, former scholar of the HEAD/ECAL cinema grasp’s diploma, co-produced by HEAD-Genève with RTS and the Affiliation Autre- Earth.

“Servette aux Charmilles: story of a ardour” is a documentary movie portray the portrait of what was from 1930 to 2002 a necessary place in Geneva life: the Charmilles stadium. Stronghold of the nice Servette FC and theater of prestigious worldwide matches, this enclosure famend for its overflowing frenzy has welcomed whole generations of supporters, erecting itself in reminiscences throughout Switzerland and past as a legendary place with a soul powerfully and inexplicably magical.

Feelings, nostalgia

“I used to be fortunate to be an adolescent through the legendary interval, with the 78-79 crew which received 4 titles”, says the top of the cinema sector at HEAD, Nicolas Wadimoff. As we speak, with the brand new stadium, we are attempting to rediscover this soul of Servette, which remained in Les Charmilles and which we should discover in La Praille. There have been moments of emotion, a sharing of values.”

“There’s a legacy that you would really feel on the brand new campus and we did not wish to let it go”

We realized that there was a nostalgia for this stage, explains the movie’s producer, Irène Muñoz. We wished to deepen this sense. The movie ends on the current, with the successes of the ladies of Servette FCCF.

“Servette aux Charmilles: story of a ardour”, Saturday at 8.30 p.m. on Léman Bleu.