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The Sound Of Insects – Record Of A Mummy

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Documentary, 88 min.

Title F:Le chant des insectes – Rapport d'une momie
Title I:Il suono degli insetti – Storia di una mumia
Title G:Das Summen der Insekten – Bericht einer Mumie
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by Peter Liechti

Switzerland, January 2009

Liechti's film tells the incredible story of how the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man was discovered by a hunter in one of the most remote parts of the country. The dead man's detailed notes reveal that he actually committed suicide through self-imposed starvation only the summer before. A stunning rapprochement of a fictional text, which itself is based upon a true event: a cinematic manifesto for life, challenged by the main character's radical renunciation of life itself.

www.peterliechti.ch/filme/mummy

 

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Directed by: Peter Liechti
Written by: Peter Liechti (based on a novel by Shimada Masahiko)

World Premiere: January 2009
Original Version: German, colour and b/w, 35mm, 88 min.

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Production: Liechti Filmproduktion GmbH, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer: Peter Liechti

Cinematography: Matthias Kälin, Peter Liechti, Peter Guyer
Editing: Tania Stöcklin
Sound: Balthasar Jucker
Sound Editing: Christian Beusch
Rerecording Sound Mix: Christian Beusch
Music: Norbert Möslang, Christoph Homberger
Art Direction: Franco Carrer, Verena Schoch

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Peter Mettler
as english narrator 
Alexander Tschernek
as german narrator 

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World Sales: Autlook Filmsales GmbH

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Distribution Switzerland: Look Now!
Distribution Benelux: Dutch Filmmuseum
Distribution Canada: Lorber Films
Distribution Germany: Film Kino Text
Distribution Netherlands: Dutch Filmmuseum
Distribution Poland: Against Gravity
Distribution USA: Lorber Films
TV-Rights Belgium: Lichtpunt
TV-Rights Finland: YLE télévision- Finnish Broadcasting Company
TV-Rights Poland: Telewizja Polska S.A.
TV-Rights Slovenia: Televizija Slovenija

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  • Astoria NY, Cinema Eye Award, Cinema Eye Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score 2011
  • Genève/Zürich, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Prize Quartz "Best Film Score" 2010
  • Berlin, European Film Academy e.V., European Documentary Film Award - Prix Arte 2009
  • Montréal, RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, Grand Prix Caméra-Stylo 2009
  • Warsaw, Planete + Doc Film Festival, Millenium Award 2009
  • Zürich, Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2009

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