Unrest - 2022

Unrest 2022 Directed by Cyril Schäublin Unrueh

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.

Country Switzerland

Production Country Switzerland

Language German

Spoken Languages English , French , German , Italian , Russian

Gneres Drama , History

Production Companies SRF , Cinédokké , Seeland Filmproduktion

Release Date 4 November 2022

94 mins