Swiss Autofiction ‘Summer Drift’ Brings Friendship and Reclamation to ACID at Cannes  

‘Summer Drift’ directors Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter discuss protagonist Johanna’s story, blending documentary and fiction, shooting on 16mm and turning a vintage VW Beetle into a personal act of reclamation in Geneva 

By JD Linville

JD Linville

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Swiss-French feature “Summer Drift,” premiering at ACID Cannes Saturday, May 16, follows Johanna Schopfer, a watch factory worker in Geneva whose summer obsession with restoring her vintage VW Beetle becomes a personal and political act of reclamation. 

Directed by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter, the film moves between documentary and autofiction, using reconstructed scenes and staged fiction to tell a story of friendship and identity.

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