Boomerang

Boomerang

2018 · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Drama

A Swiss right-wing populist and a veiled, Kurdish Muslim asylum seeker swap bodies before an election.

Directed by Nicole Borgeat · Written by Jacqueline Surchat

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