U.K.-France-based sales, production, and distribution house Alief (“Matadero”) has taken international sales rights to Locarno First Look winner “Retreat”(“Réduit”), in which Swiss director Leon Schwitter deconstructs the delicate relationship between a father and son.
His debut feature, which won the Kaiju Cinema Diffusion Prize at Locarno’s 2021 First Look showcase, focused of Swiss films, now world premieres at Argentina’s Mar del Plata Film Festival on Nov. 4.
A parallel European bow takes place at the Thessaloniki Festival in Greece.
Variety has had exclusive first-look access to the trailer of the film which is produced by Schwitter’s Exit Filmkollektiv and co-produced by Zürich-based Sabotage Filmkollektiv.
Written by Schwitter alongside Michael Karrer, the film centers on world-weary Michael (Peter Hottinger) and his son Benny (Dorian Heiniger) as they make their way to a remote cabin nestled in the mountains. With all the modern obsessions of a child his age,...
His debut feature, which won the Kaiju Cinema Diffusion Prize at Locarno’s 2021 First Look showcase, focused of Swiss films, now world premieres at Argentina’s Mar del Plata Film Festival on Nov. 4.
A parallel European bow takes place at the Thessaloniki Festival in Greece.
Variety has had exclusive first-look access to the trailer of the film which is produced by Schwitter’s Exit Filmkollektiv and co-produced by Zürich-based Sabotage Filmkollektiv.
Written by Schwitter alongside Michael Karrer, the film centers on world-weary Michael (Peter Hottinger) and his son Benny (Dorian Heiniger) as they make their way to a remote cabin nestled in the mountains. With all the modern obsessions of a child his age,...
- 10/27/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
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