Montana 1977

Kimyan Flückiger – Montana 1977

A short film by Kimyan Flückiger

Diploma project (2020) by Kimyan Flückiger

Know-how
Fiction

Fiction / 20 min

Synopsis

Rey and Moretti are two undercover narc in the middle of a police operation in the swiss moutains of Vallais. It's during a routine operation that one of them will do a terrible mistake and together they will have to escape from this difficult situation. 

Comment

As a fan of genre cinema, I undertook the project of making a crime film that takes place in 1977. The narrative focuses on two narcotics officers who have committed murder. The short film is set in Valais. I sought to evoke 1970s American cinema through the western and film noir genres. I used these different “codes” to create my own cinematic universe and participate in the development of genre film in Switzerland.

Kimyan Flückiger

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