Underplayed Gems

Riverboom (2024)

Riverboom poster
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
8.4 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 2002 a Swiss photographer accompanies a journalist into wartime Afghanistan to find a war photographer. When there is no need for a third person he stays on and they wander the country together. The trip becomes a personal journey after crossing a fictional river named Boom.

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What happens

Riverboom (Partners) est un film documentaire suisse réalisé par Claude Baechtold, sorti en 2023. En 2002, Claude Baechtold, après avoir eu quelques expériences en tant que photographe, se voit proposer par le journaliste Serge Michel de l'accompagner en Afghanistan alors en guerre pour que ce dernier retrouve le photographe de guerre Paolo Woods et puisse effectuer des enquêtes sur la situation du pays. Arrivé en sur place, Paolo et Serge se retrouvent, Claude doit donc retourner chez lui car il n'y a pas besoin de deux photographes. À cause de divers problèmes, il ne pourra pas prendre l'avion et retournera voir Serge, qui lui conseille d'acquérir une caméra et de filmer leur périple. Claude s'arme d'une caméra et commence à filmer le parcours et les actions du trio, dont le passage de la fictive rivière Boom qui permettra à Claude de faire un deuil. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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