Like an Island

Like an Island

2022 · 106 min · ★ 9.5 · Documentary, Fantasy

For mysterious reasons, two watchmen are made to guard access to the river in an area of Lausanne where retirees and immigrant families live. Through the different people they encounter, a territory takes shape and a friendship is born. Tizian Büchi creates a fable—part documentary, part fiction and tinged with magical realism—to subtly question our surveillance society.

Directed by Tizian Büchi · Written by Tizian Büchi

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Daniel Nkubu Vigile 1, Daniel
Ammar Abdul Kareem Khalaf Vigile 2, Ammar
Elie Autin Les êtres de la rivière
Juliette Uzor Les êtres de la rivière

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