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Chris the Swiss
Chris the Swiss
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1,175 Ratings

CHRIS THE SWISS

Directed by Anja Kofmel
Switzerland, Croatia, 2018
Documentary, Animation, Biography

Synopsis

In 1992, during the Yugoslav Wars, young Swiss journalist Chris is found dead under mysterious circumstances. He was wearing the uniform of an international mercenary group. Anja Kofmel was his cousin. 20 years later, she decides to investigate his story, trying to understand what really happened.

Synopsis

In 1992, during the Yugoslav Wars, young Swiss journalist Chris is found dead under mysterious circumstances. He was wearing the uniform of an international mercenary group. Anja Kofmel was his cousin. 20 years later, she decides to investigate his story, trying to understand what really happened.

Our take

Director Anja Kofmel reckons with her family history in this inventive combination of animation and documentary. In loving reconstructions rendered in elegiac black and white, Chris the Swiss uniquely brings to the screen the life and death of Kofmel’s cousin, a reporter in the Yugoslav Wars.