Like an Island vs Tomorrow is Saturday
Tomorrow is Saturday has the higher audience score (10/10 against 9/10 for Like an Island). Tomorrow is Saturday is the shorter watch at 1h 8m compared with 1h 46m. Tomorrow is Saturday is the older of the two (2020 against 2022). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Like an Island | Tomorrow is Saturday | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 1h 8m |
| Genres | Documentary, Fantasy | Documentary |
| Country | Switzerland | – |
| Director | Tizian Büchi | Gillian Marsh, Gretta Ohle |
| Main cast | Daniel Nkubu, Ammar Abdul Kareem Khalaf, Elie Autin, Juliette Uzor | Sean Hillen |
Synopsis
Like an Island
For mysterious reasons, two watchmen are made to guard access to the river in an area of Lausanne where retirees and immigrant families live. Through the different people they encounter, a territory takes shape and a friendship is born. Tizian Büchi creates a fable—part documentary, part fiction and tinged with magical realism—to subtly question our surveillance society.
Tomorrow is Saturday
With a 50-year career north and south of the border, Newry-born artist Seán Hillen wears many hats; collagist, photomontage artist, inventor, polymath, conspiracy theorist, documentary photographer and sculptor. He has exhibited widely in museums and art galleries. But despite all this, Seán Hillen is the most heavily censored artist to come out of Britain or Ireland. Tomorrow is Saturday is a revealing documentary exploring the historical and…
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