The extraordinary story of Katharina von Arx

Le Regard Libre N° 37 - Jonas Follonier

Both wanted to live out their passionate love and follow their own personal path at the same time. Katharina von Arx and Freddy Dilhon formed a unique couple, threatened by the arrival of a third being in their lives. Swiss author and historian Wilfried Meichtry wanted to capture this story on film, somewhere between fiction and documentary.

*Le Regard Libre: Jusqu’au bout des rêves* opens with the renovation of a priory in the canton of Vaud. This film is, of course, the story of a couple—but isn’t it, above all, the story of a house?

Wilfried Meichty: No, I don’t think so. The film is essentially about an unusual kind of love triangle: Katharina, Freddy, and the house. The house can be seen as revealing the psychology of the two protagonists. Katharina’s mother defined herself through her husband. She had therefore asked him