L'ombrello di Beatocello
Beatocello's Umbrella
Switzerland, April 2012
FILM,
Documentary,
83 min.
- directed by
- Georges Gachot
- Written by
- Georges Gachot
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.lombrellodibeatocello.com
Since 1996 the film director has been following the story of doctor and cellist Beat Richner and his children’s hospitals in Cambodia. In portraying this Swiss man, aged 64, the film returns to the origins of his inspiration, which were already present in his cabaret character “Beatocello” in the 1970s when he was living in Zurich. A film about a life and an extraordinary voyage of 40 years, this documentary reveals a utopian artist who realized his visions by becoming a builder of hospitals in the land of the Khmer.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2012
- Original Version
- French, English, Khmer, German (german subtitles), colour, HD Cam, 83 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-2178-0000-K-0000-0000-E
- Production
- Gachot Films, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Georges Gachot
- directed by
- Georges Gachot
- Written by
- Georges Gachot
- Cinematography
- Pio Corradi, Matthias Kälin, Séverine Barde, Peter Guyer, Georges Gachot
- Editing
- Anja Bombelli
- Sound Editing
- Jürg von Allmen
- Sound Design
- Jürg von Allmen
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jürg von Allmen
- Location Sound Mix
- Balthasar Jucker, Dieter Meyer, Martin Witz
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- The Party Film Sales
Worldwide Distribution
- Mexico
- TV UNAM TV Rights
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minneapolis/St. Paul Int. Film Festival
11.04.2013 - 28.04.2013 -
Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève
28.04.2012 - 06.05.2012 -
Nyon, 18e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon
20.04.2012 - 27.04.2012