''Chris the Swiss'' is a 2018 Swiss animated documentary film directed by Anja Kofmel. It was screened in the

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section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

* Susanne-Marie Wrage as German Narrator / Voice Anja * Megan Gay as English Narrator / Voice Anja * Joel Basman as Voice Chris * Domagoj Janković as Voice Flores * Marko Cindrić as Voice Julio * Barbara Durović as Voice Heidi * Dean Krivačić as Voice Alex * Damjan Simić as Voice Paul * Milton Welsh as Voice Frenchy * Eva Japundžić as Voice Kid 1 * Grgur Japundžić as Voice Kid 2

Reception

Stephen Dalton of

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said "Swiss director Anja Kofmel revisits the wild life and strange death of her war reporter cousin with an innovative blend of animation and documentary". Jessica Kiang from

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praises the animation "Her animations are particularly lovely, evoking the hero worship she felt as a child for her larger-than-life relative — the boldly drawn continuous lines of black and white, solid and simple, in which Chris forever wears an identifying stripy scarf, and the bad guys, like Chico with his dark-ringed eyes and widow’s peak, have the decency to look like villains."

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