Published on October 8, 2024 at 7:03 p.m. / Modified on October 8, 2024 at 7:09 p.m.
Do you have to be a child of Superman to retrace the life of the star who best embodied the superhero on screen? Obviously not, as proven by Genevan Ian Bonhôte, co-director with the Englishman Peter Ettedgui of the documentary Superman. The story of Christopher Reeve. A duo to whom we already owe the amazing McQueen (2018), retracing the extraordinary journey of fashion designer Alexander McQueen. “I was born a year before the release of the first Supermanin 1977, explains Ian Bonhôte, shortly before the presentation of his new film at the Zurich Film Festival. So I missed the boat a bit. I was quite a fan of Star Wars. And to be frank, a guy who wears his underwear over his wetsuit, I find that in very bad taste, as someone who is keen on fashion,” he says with a laugh. No, what fascinated me about him was his journey. What he went through after the horse riding accident that left him quadriplegic. How he managed to reinvent himself, to overcome the challenges he faced…”
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