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Unrest

2022-11-04
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DramaHistory
In 1877, in a watch factory in a valley in north-western Switzerland, Josephine produces balance spindles, tiny parts that ensure the agitation movement ("unrueh") of the mechanical watches. She soon grows uneasy with the organisation of work and possession in the village and its factory and joins the anarchist worker movement of the local watchmakers. There she meets Piotr Kropotkin, a moony Russian traveller. The two of them meet at a time when new technologies such as time measurement, photography and the telegraph are transforming the social order and anarchist discourse is addressing emerging nationalism. During a walk in the woods, Josephine and Piotr ask themselves whether time, money and the government are not all but fictions.

Cinematography

Silvan Hillmann

Writer

Cyril Schäublin

Editor

Cyril Schäublin

Key Costumer

Miriam Stöcklin

Production Manager

Andrea Blaser

Costume Design

Linda Harper

factory photography switzerland clock telegraph anarchism

Status

Released

Countries

  • Switzerland

Companies

  • Seeland Filmproduktion
  • Cinédokké
  • SRF

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