My Life Is a Gunshot

Switzerland, January 2019
FILM, Documentary, 91 min.

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directed by
Marcel Derek Ramsay
Written by
Marcel Derek Ramsay
Status
In distribution

Noise artist Joke Lanz has a loyal fan base. And a revolting image: it’s not unusual for blood to flow on stage. For most people, his music is nothing but excruciating noise anyway. How does a person come to live that way? The film shadows a sensitive artist haunted by a decades-old trauma: when he was 13 years old, his father went up onto the roof of the house and shot himself. Ever since then, Joke has been trying to find a way of dealing with it. And also with his own role as a father, which has also been affected. This is a film about fathers, sons, and what happens when traumatized sons become fathers – and musicians.

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World Premiere
January 2019
Original Version
French, English, Swiss-German, German,  colour and b/w, DCP, 91 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-43A0-0000-U-0000-0000-L
Production
Cinéma Copain Ltd liab Co
Producer
Marcel Derek Ramsay, Michèle Wannaz
directed by
Marcel Derek Ramsay
Written by
Marcel Derek Ramsay
Cinemato­graphy
Marcel Derek Ramsay
Editing
Marcel Derek Ramsay
Sound Editing
Peter Bräker
Re-Recording Mix
Peter Bräker
Music
Joke Lanz

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Cinéma Copain Ltd liab Co

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Outside The Box Sarl Distribution
Release date: 12.12.2019

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