Istituto Svizzero presents, on two consecutive days first in Milan and then in Rome, the screening of La dérive des continents (au sud), the latest feature film by Swiss director Lionel Baier. On both evenings, the screening will be at the presence of the director.

La dérive des continents (au sud) 
Directed by Lionel Baier
Switzerland, France, 2022, 84 min
French language, Italian subtitles
At the presence of the director 

Synopsis:

Nathalie Adler is on a mission in Sicily for the European Union, organizing the upcoming visit of a migrant camp by Macron and Merkel. Their presence has great symbolic value, demonstrating that everything is under control. But who is still prepared to believe in this European family on the verge of a nervous breakdown? Definitely not Albert, Nathalie’s son, who is an activist with a nonprofit and turns up out of the blue, years after breaking off all contact with his mother. Their reunion will prove more explosive than the diplomatic mission…

With: Isabelle Carré, Théodore Pellerin, Ursina Lardi, Tom Villa, Ivan Georgiev, Adama Diop, Elisabeth Owona, Indri Shiroka, David Coco, Mario Opinato, Massimo Cagnina, Sebastiano Tinè, Nicolò Prestigiacomo, Maria Isabella Piana, Rosalinda Musumeci, Maria Antonietta Scornavacca, Nicolas Roussi.

Born in 1975, Lionel Baier was Head of the Cinema department at ECAL from 2002 to 2021. With Ursula Meier, Jean-Stéphane Bron and Frédéric Mermoud, he co-founded Bande à part Films (2009), then Bandita with Pauline Gygax and Max Karli (2017). In 2014, he received the Grand Prix de La Fondation Vaudoise (Great Prize of Vaudoise Foundation) for his participation in the enrichment of the country through its cultural work. He is also the vice-president of the Swiss Cinemathèque’s board and a member of Visions du Réel’s committee. He directed Continental Drift (2022), Shock Waves – First Name Mathieu (2017), Vanity (2015), Longwave (2013), Claude Goretta (2011), Another Man (2008), Stealth (2006), Stupid Boy (2004).