Nemesis

Nemesis (2020)

The film explores the destruction of a unique train station in Zurich and the construction of the new prison and police centre in its place. From the perspective of the filmmaker’s window, and with testimony from prisoners awaiting deportation, the film probes how we deal with the extinction of history and its replacement with total security.

Date of release
2020-08-09
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (3)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Thomas Imbach

Casting

Interesting facts

Nemesis is a Swiss documentary film by Thomas Imbach from 2020. It premiered in April 2020 in competition in Nyon Visions du Réel. The international premiere took place at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2020, where the film received the prize for Best Cinematography, awarded by Edward Lachman. The film was also shown at the "secret screenings" during Locarno Film Festival 2020, as well as 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Production

Nemesis was filmed exclusively from the filmmaker's window. Thomas Imbach's dismay at the agonizing death of the freight station prompts him to record the ongoing destruction, the years of standstill and the creation of the new concrete colossus, in order to compose a personal chronicle.

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