Synopsis
A group of people emerges from the water. They try to work against the current of the river and the crowd of people in the city, but surrender to the flow and are washed ashore. Going with the flow or against it, resistance and devotion manifest as a basic instinct. A strategy of survival.
A group of people emerges from the water. They try to work against the current of the river and the crowd of people in the city, but surrender to the flow and are washed ashore. Going with the flow or against it, resistance and devotion manifest as a basic instinct. A strategy of survival.
Full credits
- Section
- Out of Competition
- Director
- Andrea Boll
- Choreographer
- Andrea Boll
- Production countries
- Switzerland
- Production year
- 2020
- Duration
- 0 minutes
- Producer
- Nico Gutmann / unico film
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