Madame Favre's
movie
Maybe home is not a place, maybe it's a memory
Released January 23, 2026
Genres:
Overview
In a nursing home, a young man visits his grandmother. As she constantly repeats that she wants to go home, his grandson visits her now empty apartment, seeking to capture memories of a fading past.
Origin Country
Switzerland
Original Language
French
Original Title
Chez Madame Favre
Status
Released
Production Countries
- Switzerland
Spoken Languages
- Français (French)
Production Companies
École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne
Switzerland
Keywords
- identity
- home
- narration
- nostalgia
- past
- aging
- memory loss
- memory
- family
- portrait
- nursing home
- childhood
- grandson
- retirement home
- grandmother
- elderly
- autobiographical
- photos
- elder
- grandmother grandson relationship
- empty house
- childhood memory
- personal
- documentary
- absence
- voice-over
- desire to return home
- empty apartment
- first-person narration
