Unrest
dir. Cyril Schäublin · 2022
The struggle for personal freedom and meaningful work is essential to the human experience.
Josephine, a young factory worker in a 19th-century Swiss watchmaking town, grapples with the implications of new technologies that threaten to reshape her world. As she becomes involved with the local anarchist movement, the film immerses viewers in a contemplative exploration of labor, identity, and the struggle for agency amidst societal upheaval. Watching it feels like stepping into a quiet revolution, where every tick of the watch echoes the tension between progress and tradition.
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 labour, she gets involved with the local movement of the anarchist watchmakers, where she meets Russian traveller Pyotr Kropotkin.
Talking points
- impact of technology on labor
- historical anarchism
- personal vs. collective identity
- the evolution of societal structures
