Chris the Swiss


Chris the Swiss is a 2018 Swiss animated documentary film directed by Anja Kofmel. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
WWW christheswiss.net

Cast

  • Susanne-Marie Wrage as German Narrator / Voice Anja
  • Megan Gay as English Narrator / Voice Anja
  • Joel Basman as Voice Chris
  • Domagoj Janković as Voice Flores
  • Marko Cindrić as Voice Julio
  • Barbara Durović as Voice Heidi
  • Dean Krivačić as Voice Alex
  • Damjan Simić as Voice Paul
  • Milton Welsh as Voice Frenchy
  • Eva Japundžić as Voice Kid 1
  • Grgur Japundžić as Voice Kid 2

Reception

Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter said "Swiss director Anja Kofmel revisits the wild life and strange death of her war reporter cousin with an innovative blend of animation and documentary". Jessica Kiang from Variety praises the animation "Her animations are particularly lovely, evoking the hero worship she felt as a child for her larger-than-life relative — the boldly drawn continuous lines of black and white, solid and simple, in which Chris forever wears an identifying stripy scarf, and the bad guys, like Chico with his dark-ringed eyes and widow’s peak, have the decency to look like villains."