Gloria Friedmann & Bertrand Lavier, l’art d’être deux
For over forty years, Gloria Friedmann and Bertrand Lavier have shared a life where art and everyday life intertwine naturally. The film explores the foundations of their union: a shared connection to Aignay-le-Duc in Burgundy, an attentiveness to reality, a knowing sense of humor, and a similar pursuit of perfect form. Their practices differ, but their concerns converge: nature, living things, our relationship to the world, and the subversion of the mundane. Their method, comprised of open series and evolving projects, reveals a similar way of inhabiting time. Surrounded by their animals, in constant contact with the artisans and landscapes that inspire them, they create two parallel bodies of work while enriching themselves through their differences. Through their archives, their conversations, and their travels, the film unveils the quiet strength of a couple moving forward together, driven by trust, freedom, and a creative complicity that transforms their individualities into a shared driving force.
A film by Gilles Coudert
Production APRES production
Year: 2026
Duration: 52 min.
