The Hands of Hermes
Hearts & Craft
Le Monde: "Between documentary and cinema film, The Hands of Hermès is a hymn
to craftsmanship much more than to French luxury.
A slow film, made of silences and glances, of ancestral gestures with, in the background,
a deep and foggy France."
English version:
HEARTS AND CRAFT
A film by Frédéric Laffont
and Isabelle Dupuy-Chavanat
Edited by Pauline Casalis
Duration: 46'
© Hermès, 2011
Craftsmen, gestures and know-how.
The breath of leather and crystal, the song of silk and metal, the words of men and women,
their silences too.
A reference film screened in cinemas in Tokyo, New York, Beijing, Paris,
Moscow, Abu Dhabi.
Artisans of Hermès
9 short films,
9 universes,
9 portraits of artisans.
9 for the 10 fingers of the hand.
The Hands of Hermes.
Duration: 13'
© Hermès, 2011