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downriver

Director Andrea Boll
Choreographer Andrea Boll
Switzerland 2020
A group of people emerges from the water and tries to resist the river's current.

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.

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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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