Another View 2018 / Chris the Swiss / Switzerland, Croatia, Germany, Finland 2018
In 1992 the body of a young Swiss journalist was found in Croatia dressed in a uniform donned by international mercenaries. Nineteen years later his cousin Anja attempts to uncover the background to Chris’s murder. Following in his tracks she discovers a painful story of the search for conscience, adventure, and the meaning of war.
War always fascinated Christian. At 17 he ran off to join a South African militia and a few years later he traveled to war-torn Yugoslavia as a reporter. The conflict, however, drew him in completely, and he joined a paramilitary unit of foreign volunteers led by the charismatic Eduardo, a Bolivian officer trained by the KGB. With the aid of passages from her cousin’s diaries, archive footage, and her own hand-drawn animation, the director reconstructs Chris’s mysterious past. Combining documentary and animated film, she gradually uncovers his incredible story, offering audiences a gripping personal statement and a terrifying probe into a displaced war history.
Nikola Paggio
90 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
Director Anja Kofmel
/ Screenplay Anja Kofmel
/ Dir. of Photography Simon Guy Fässler
/ Music Marcel Vaid
/ Editor Stefan Kälin
/ Producer Samir
/ Production Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
/ Coproduction Nukleus Film, MA.JA.DE, IV FILMS LTD
/ Cast Megan Gay, Joel Basman
/ Sales Urban Distribution International
Anja Kofmel (b. 1982, Lugano, Switzerland). Filmography: Chrigi (2009, short), Chris the Swiss (2018)
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