Chris the Swiss

Chris the Swiss is a 2018 Swiss animated documentary film directed by Anja Kofmel. It was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2]

Chris the Swiss
Film poster
Directed byAnja Kofmel
Written byAnja Kofmel
Produced by
Samir

Sinisa Juricic Heino Deckert Iikka Vehkalahti

Cinematography
Simon Guy Fässler

Philipp Künzli Gabriel Sandru

Edited by
Stefan Kälin

Sophie Brunner Vladimir Gojun Višnja Skorin

Music byMarcel Vaid
Distributed by
Switzerland: First Hand Films GmbH

France: Urban Distribution International

Release date
  • 13 May 2018 (2018-05-13) (Cannes)
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageGerman

Cast
  • Susanne-Marie Wrage as German Narrator / Voice Anja
  • Megan Gay as English Narrator / Voice Anja
  • Joel Basman as Voice Chris
  • Domagoj Janković as Voice Flores
  • Marko Cindrić as Voice Julio
  • Barbara Durović as Voice Heidi
  • Dean Krivačić as Voice Alex
  • Damjan Simić as Voice Paul
  • Milton Welsh as Voice Frenchy
  • Eva Japundžić as Voice Kid 1
  • Grgur Japundžić as Voice Kid 2

Reception

Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter said "Swiss director Anja Kofmel revisits the wild life and strange death of her war reporter cousin with an innovative blend of animation and documentary".[3] Jessica Kiang from Variety praises the animation "Her animations are particularly lovely, evoking the hero worship she felt as a child for her larger-than-life relative — the boldly drawn continuous lines of black and white, solid and simple, in which Chris forever wears an identifying stripy scarf, and the bad guys, like Chico with his dark-ringed eyes and widow’s peak, have the decency to look like villains."[4]

References
  1. "Cannes Film Review: 'Chris The Swiss'". Variety. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. "'Chris the Swiss': Film Review Cannes 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. "'Chris the Swiss': Film Review - Cannes 2018". Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. Kiang, Jessica (22 May 2018). "Film Review: 'Chris The Swiss'". Variety. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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