RÉDUIT
RETREAT
82 minutes | 2022 | Switzerland | 1,85:1 | Color |
Swiss German
Written and directed by Leon Schwitter
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Benny joins his distant father Michael on a vacation trip to the mountains.
During their stay Benny slowly realises that his father has turned his back on civilization
and wants to protect him from the outside world.
Awards
The Golden Alexander for Best Feature Film - Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2022 - Film Forward Competition
FIPRESCI Prize - 32. Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
First Look Award 3rd Prize - Locarno Film Festival 2021
Festivals
World Premiere: 37th Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2022 (International Competition)
63rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Film Forward Competition), Greece
58th Solothurner Filmtage (Opéra Prima Competition), Switzerland
44th Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis (Feature Film Competition), Germany
38th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema), USA
32nd Filmkunstfestival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Feature Film Competition), Germany
49th Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema), USA
63rd Zlín Film Festival (Panorama), Czech Republic
1st Bergwelten Filmfestival (Opening Film), Switzerland
11th Filmfestival Kitzbühel (Feature Film Competition), Austria
17th Fünf Seen Filmfestival (Feature Film Competition), Germany
7th Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporaneo (Nuestros Dias), Mexico
15th Ulaanbaatar International Film Festival (Panorama), Mongolia
18th DAS FILMFEST, Prague, Czech Republic
19th Festival Augenblick (Feature Film Competition), France
11th MAFICI - Festival de Cine de Puerto Madryn (Operas Primas Competition), Argentina
74th Locarno Film Festival (First Look Section), Switzerland
"A delicate and stunning deconstruction of a father and son relationship"
"Leon Schwitter depicts a generational clash with great expertise, revealing just how lucky we are that society is changing (and not just for the worse)."
"Meticulously crafted and impressively mature debut from a young filmmaker"
"An intimate formulation of the present."
with
Peter Hottinger & Dorian Heiniger
written & directed by Leon Schwitter
screenplay by Leon Schwitter & Michael Karrer
producers Rea Televantos, Caroline Hepting, Michael Karrer & Leon Schwitter
cinematography Robin Angst
produced by EXIT Filmkollektiv GmbH & Sabotage Filmkollektiv GmbH
distributor Switzerland Sister Distribution
International Sales Alief
with the support of
Gamil Stiftung
Katharina Strebel Stiftung
Stiftung Mano
Fondation Emmy Ineichen
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