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2023

Petit Suisse

This film is the story of a young Swiss prodigy, Maxime Chabloz. A sports story, at the heart of his conquest of world titles in two completely opposite disciplines: skiing and kite-surfing. But it is also a human, sensitive and intimate story, as close as possible to the life and emotions of a young man in pursuit of his dream. This film is the intimate portrait of a gifted man, as comfortable on the snow as on the water.

My take

An intimate window into the life of a Swiss athlete chasing mastery across two utterly different worlds. Intimate and meditative—the kind of film that captures both the quiet determination and raw vulnerability behind extraordinary achievement.

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Cast

Maxime Chabloz

Director

Olivier Sautet

If tonight is a Petit Suisse night…

…these live in the same corner of my head.

Want one picked out for tonight?

Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.