Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

MADE IN SWITZERLAND

Nomad’s Land

Switzerland
2008 — 90' / Color

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Synopsis

Fifty years after Nicolas Bouvier’s journey from Geneva to Sri Lanka, film director Gaël Métroz follows the author’s footsteps with his camera. Although he wanted to revive Bouvier’s account, he ultimately tells his own story. While the Orient has changed a great deal since “l’Usage du Monde”, the fascination of this world continues to captivate. The danger and beauty of a journey which loses its innocence.

Director Biography

Born in 1978 in Liddes. 1998-2004 Studies French, Philosophy and Art History at the University of Lausanne. Teacher of art history and literature. Since 2004 director and independent journalist for French Swiss Broadcasting Service (TSR), radio and print media.

Director

Gaël Métroz

Producer

Francine Lusser

Gérard Monier

Cinematographer

Gaël Métroz

Séverine Barde

Editor

Jeanetta Ionesco

Sound

Carlos Ibañez-Diaz

Gaël Métroz

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