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Jonas Follonier

JONAS FOLLONIER

Federal Palace correspondent for «L'Agefi», singer-songwriter Jonas Follonier is the founder and editor-in-chief of «Regard Libre».

Sandrine Perroud releases her first novel
Literature

Sandrine Perroud releases her first novel

written by Jonas Follonier

Twenty-one-year-old Mélanie and her parents have decided to commit assisted suicide together, following Mr.'s cancer and Mrs.'s inability to continue living without him. With Radio Nostalgie playing in the Lausanne tee-room where she works as a waitress, Mélanie tries to mourn. She's trying - which is no mean feat. Everything now refers to her as dead or undead. The city is populated by spirits, the same ones that the young girl she used to be used to ward off in her nights. She begins a relationship with a young man, David, who in a way serves as her mirror and healer.

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Films

Once upon a time... Quentin Tarantino

By Jonas Follonier · August 21, 2019
Le neuvième film du réalisateur américain Quentin Tarantino – qui ferait presque penser à son dixième pas encore sorti et qui serait son dernier – s'impose en véritable chef-d'œuvre. Truffé d'allusions au cinéma, le très attendu Il était une fois... à Hollywood est une fable tarantinesque à souhait.
«Carnaval noir» or the eternal return of evil
Literature

«Carnaval noir» or the eternal return of evil

By Jonas Follonier · August 13, 2019
Metin Arditi's latest novel, Carnaval noir, was released in August 2018 by Editions Grasset. Telling a suspenseful tale of the eternal return of human folly, it can be read at any time as a warning. And it could well be that our era is not immune to some infernal carnival.
«Midsommar, a horror festival
Films

«Midsommar, a horror festival

By Jonas Follonier · July 31, 2019
With «Midsommar», director Ari Aster reinvents the codes of the genre by setting his horror film under the Swedish midsummer sun. Color, drugs and Nordic songs are the order of the day for this entry into a Swedish cult.
A new Patrick Bruel is born
Music

A new Patrick Bruel is born

By Jonas Follonier · July 30, 2019
Patrick Bruel's «c'est ouf» (it's amazing!) and leaps into the air are almost reminiscent of Maître Gims. Worse still, his famous false modesty still sticks to him - that's the second downside.
The reveries of the solitary paleologist
Music

The reveries of the solitary paleologist

By Jonas Follonier · July 28, 2019
Paleontologists study the remains of living beings and their historical evolution. Why not do the same with the Paléo Festival? There are human remains in this mud. It's fertile ground for a little sociological analysis. Make way for paleology.