夏日周末，一家四口来到湖边农场钓鱼休假，碰上俩兄弟，六个人一片湖，彷佛平常慵懒的午后却暗流涌动，人和人的疏离弥漫开来。一切悲伤的故事在生活里不过是如期而至静默处之，然后过去了走远了云淡风轻偶尔还能想起罢了……

In this whimsical and playful film, Bokanowski returns to the complex optical array of pinholes, mirrors, prisms, and refractive substrates of his earlier film, La Plage.

In this whimsical and playful film, Bokanowski returns to the complex optical array of pinholes, mirrors, prisms, and refractive substrates of his earlier film, La Plage.

中国东北农村，跨性别者林荫在单身母亲的强烈催促下被迫娶妻生子，但因自己无法接受，便偷偷恳求表哥和自己的妻子发生关系，只为保住家族的香火传承。最终，妻子如愿怀孕，林荫一家人兴奋又欢喜，妻子却绝望和失落，两方形成了鲜明的对比。在故事里，每一个人都是被传统思想所束缚的悲剧人物，既可怜也可悲。

It is the discovery of a document recognising the services rendered by two fishermen from Lake Geneva during the Occupation that triggered the investigation undertaken by Swiss author Janine Massard in her novel Gens du lac, published in 2013. Jean-Marie Straub retraces the itinerary of the son, Paulus – just as he and Danièle Huillet had followed that of Jean Bricard just over ten years ago in the last film they made together. Gens du lac does not depart from the rule that sets each Straubfilm as an account of a historical situation in which men have resisted (Daney). Shot aboard a boat and hardly ever leaving the lake’s waters, the film depicts the life of this only son who has found brothers over the course of his fishing – be it his first steps in the trade, the help given to fugitives and deliveries of provisions to the Resistance, or his contribution to the emergence of a new Left in post-war Francophone Switzerland. Finding the seeds of a political act in this unconditional hospitality, Straub gradually dissipates the peaceful impression and conservative spirit of this “friendly, even emollient” landscape, and distinguishes between the silence “recommended during the hostilities” from the silence that subsequently enjoined people not to disturb the political order. While the people of the lake do not guard a frontier, they do, on the other hand, belong to a front. (Antoine Thirion)

It is the discovery of a document recognising the services rendered by two fishermen from Lake Geneva during the Occupation that triggered the investigation undertaken by Swiss author Janine Massard in her novel Gens du lac, published in 2013. Jean-Marie Straub retraces the itinerary of the son, Paulus – just as he and Danièle Huillet had followed that of Jean Bricard just over ten years ago in the last film they made together. Gens du lac does not depart from the rule that sets each Straubfilm as an account of a historical situation in which men have resisted (Daney). Shot aboard a boat and hardly ever leaving the lake’s waters, the film depicts the life of this only son who has found brothers over the course of his fishing – be it his first steps in the trade, the help given to fugitives and deliveries of provisions to the Resistance, or his contribution to the emergence of a new Left in post-war Francophone Switzerland. Finding the seeds of a political act in this unconditional hospitality, Straub gradually dissipates the peaceful impression and conservative spirit of this “friendly, even emollient” landscape, and distinguishes between the silence “recommended during the hostilities” from the silence that subsequently enjoined people not to disturb the political order. While the people of the lake do not guard a frontier, they do, on the other hand, belong to a front. (Antoine Thirion)

中国东北农村，跨性别者林荫在单身母亲的强烈催促下被迫娶妻生子，但因自己无法接受，便偷偷恳求表哥和自己的妻子发生关系，只为保住家族的香火传承。最终，妻子如愿怀孕，林荫一家人兴奋又欢喜，妻子却绝望和失落，两方形成了鲜明的对比。在故事里，每一个人都是被传统思想所束缚的悲剧人物，既可怜也可悲。

In a mountain village, Félix comes down from the pastures and finds his old mother lying dead on her bed. Shaken, he runs off. He drives a few miles down the valley to see a young man who has just contacted him on a dating app.

Surrounded by sounds of animal life, both from the lake and the neighbouring forests, this film takes us through the seasons. Sounds of water, the wind and a human presence.