Michel Marlétaz, Cooper (1988)

Michel Marlétaz lives in Les Echenards, a seven-person hamlet without an access road. After a bad car accident left him injured, he had to find a new livelihood, and so he learned the cooper's trade in classes set up for mountain farmers. He now makes his living from the manufacture of small wooden ware, like pots, spoons, butter churns, buckets, and milking pails. Marlétaz is the only cooper left who knows how to make the large butter churns used in the high Summer pastures. In November, he cuts the wood he will need - elm, spruce, cherry wood - then, during the Winter season, he makes the pieces he will deliver in the Summer.

If you liked Michel Marlétaz, Cooper, you might also like…

92% match

Daguerréotypes

1978

88% match

12 Days

2017

84% match

The Bus: A French Football Mutiny

2026

81% match

Uncle Yanco

1967

78% match

180° South

2010

76% match

Woman

2020

68% match

A Toxic Love Story

2026

68% match

McQueen

2018

60% match

Voyeur

2017

60% match

Dawg Fight

2015

60% match

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

2017

60% match

Black Sheep

2018

60% match

My Mom Jayne

2025

60% match

The Class of ‘92

2013

60% match

35 Up

1991

60% match

Above Majestic

2018

60% match

Report

1967

60% match

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

2010

60% match

Come See Me in the Good Light

2025

60% match

Directed by John Ford

1971