Like an Island

2022

9.5 (2)

1 hr 46 min

French

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.

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Released
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Alva Film

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Top Cast

Daniel Nkubu as Vigile 1, Daniel

Ammar Abdul Kareem Khalaf as Vigile 2, Ammar

Elie Autin as Les êtres de la rivière

Juliette Uzor as Les êtres de la rivière

Top Crew

Tizian Büchi · Director, Writer

Thomas Marchand · Editor

Thomas Reichlin · Producer

Britta Rindelaub · Producer

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