Films

Tourist

Director(s):	Jean-Louis Schuller
Producer(s):	a_BAHN
Script:	Jeremie Dubois, Jean-Louis Schuller
Year:	2017
Form:	DOCUMENTARY - Feature film
Running time:	90'

Synopsis

After recently arriving in Svalbard, an island near the North Pole, a Luxembourgish tourist decides to extend his stay. Alexis embarks upon a long hike in an icy valley, an introspective and primal journey which is both physically and mentally endangering. After finally returning to Longyearbyen, the only town on the island, he begins to reinvent his identity, with the aim of starting a new life and settling there. However, a few months later, the the long-term girlfriend he left behind appears on the island and attempts to bring him back to reality.