Unrest
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Unrest

6.5 / 10 2022 1h 34mNR German
DramaHistory

Storyline

New technologies are transforming a 19th-century watchmaking town in Switzerland. Josephine, a young factory worker, produces the unrest wheel, swinging in the heart of the mechanical watch. Exposed to new ways of organizing money, time and labor, she gets involved with the local anarchist movement.

Cast & Crew

Clara Gostynski

Clara Gostynski

Josephine Gräbli

Lead
AE

Alexei Evstratov

Pyotr Kropotkin

MS

Monika Stalder

Mireille Paratte

HT

Hélio Thiémard

Claire Gysin

LT

Li Tavor

Mila Fuchs

Valentin Merz

Valentin Merz

Factory Director Roulet

LB

Laurence Bretignier

Louise Liechti

LF

Laurent Ferrero

Gendarme Payard

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Cyril Schäublin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Unrest is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker