RÉDUIT / RETREAT
Fiction, 2022
82′
Benny joins his distant father Michael on a vacation trip to the mountains. During their stay Benny slowly realizes that his father has turned his back on civilization and wants to protect him from the outside world.
Director: Leon Schwitter
Cinematographer: Robin Angst
Gaffer: Daniel Bleuer
Colorist: Ramón Königshausen
Production: EXIT Filmkollektiv GmbH, Sabotage Kollektiv
Producer: Caroline Hepting, Rea Televantos, Leon Schwitter, Michael Karrer
AWARDS (SELECTION)
63th Thessaloniki Film Festival (Greece), Film Forward Competition, Best Feature Film
74th Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland), First Look Award
FESTIVALS (SELECTION)
37th Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina), International Competition
63th Thessaloniki Film Festival (Greece), Film Forward Competition
38th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (United States), Contemporary World Cinema
58th Solothurn Film Festival (Switzerland), Opera Prima
44th Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis (Germany), Feature Film Competition
49th Seattle International Film Festival (United States), Contemporary World Cinema
32nd Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany), Feature Film Competition
74th Locarno Filmfestival (Switzerland), First Look at Swiss Cinema
PRESS (SELECTION)
CINEUROPA – Young Swiss director Leon Schwitter turns a simple holiday to the mountains into a claustrophobic huis clos
THE FILM VERDICT – Meticulously crafted and impressively mature debut from a young filmmaker
FILMBULLETIN – Ein Ausflug in die Berge wird zum existenziellen Wendepunkt in dieser Vater-Sohn-Geschichte. Das jüngste Beispiel für das neue, einfühlsame Schweizer Kino.
© Robin Angst, 2025