ISLANDER

INSULAIRE

By Stéphane GOËL

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Documentary - Completed 2018

In 1877, Swiss aristocrat Alfred Von Rodt became the governor of the isolated Chilean island that inspired the legend of Robinson Crusoe.

Festivals
& Awards

Locarno 2018
FIPADOC 2019
French Panorama
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • FRENCH, SPANISH-CHILEAN
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Stéphane GOËL
    • Synopsis
    • In 1877, Alfred Von Rodt, an aristocrat from Bern, became governor of a tiny Chilean island. For 28 years, he undertook numerous projects with the aim of developing the agricultural and fishing resources of his ‘little kingdom’. The tale of an unusual man determined to break from his past, and an examination of the daily lives of his descendents, who, proud of their Swiss ancestor, today construct and affirm their identity through a very close relationship with their land.