Scene from the film The Laundry Room
Scene from the film The Laundry Room
Scene from the film The Laundry Room
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The Laundry Room

Direction
Year 
2013
Country
  • Switzerland
Runtime
72min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

The key to the communal laundry room in the block of flats on the Rue de Genève 85 in Lausanne serves a much greater function than merely unlocking the door. This encounter between a symbol of typical Swiss mentality with a penchant for order and the tenants who have been housed here by the city’s social services department is not something to be taken for granted. Although the laundry room is normally located in the cellar, the tenants in this building share a tiny laundry room in a hall because the cellar is reserved for prostitution. To maintain order and cleanliness, the landlord hires Claudina, a new “laundry woman.”

Details

  • Original Title
    La clé de la chambre à lessive
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Fred Florey, Floriane Devigne
  • Cinematography
    Fred Florey, Floriane Devigne
  • Editing
    Monique Dartonne
  • Music
    Alex Müller Ramirez
  • Sound
    Jürg Lempen, Etienne Curchod
  • Runtime
    72 min (46-90 min.)
  • Year
    2013
  • Country
    • Switzerland
  • Format
    • Colour

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