The Visitors
6.9
The northernmost city in the world, Longyearbyen, is the most populated settlement in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. A Czech social anthropologist attempts to make a new home for herself here with her family whilst also researching social transformations in the local community. The loss of jobs in the mining industry, as well as the complicated relationship between Norwegian natives, foreign immigrants, and tourists all contribute to the city's change of atmosphere whilst the surrounding snowy mountains melt and avalanches threaten the daily existence of the local population. This portrait of the microcosm of an ice town is a raw glimpse into the contemporary globalized world.
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Veronika Lišková Director · Pjoni Composer Jana Winderen Composer
First release August 2, 2022 · Produced in Czechia, Norway, Slovakia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen · Languages Czech, English, Norwegian
Production
Cinémotif Films
Production
Ten Thousand Images
Production
Peter Kerekes
Production
Česká televize
Production
Czechia · Norway · Slovakia · Svalbard & Jan Mayen
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Languages
Original title
Návštěvníci
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech · English · Norwegian
Release dates
Switzerland · August 2, 2022
Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
Czechia · March 24, 2023
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
March 23, 2023 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
South Korea
October 23, 2023 · Premiere · Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival
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