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Someone Beside You

Someone Beside You

Switzerland, March 2007
FILM, Documentary, 98 min.

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directed by
Edgar Hagen
Written by
Edgar Hagen
Status
In distribution
Website
www.someonebesideyou.com

Along with several courageous psychiatrists and their clients, the author sets out to film a documentary road movie that takes him to Switzerland, Europe, and the U.S. On their travels in mobile homes, they explore the depths of the human psyche in search of answers to the question: What is the human mind and how does it behave in psychotic extreme situations? By the time Edgar Hagen meets the Buddhist monk and trained psychiatrist Edward Podvoll in the U.S., Podvoll has only a few more months to live. His vision – that courage and friendship have the power to make recovery from mental illness possible – is an inspiring legacy. In a dialogue between Western psychology and Eastern spirituality, a message of hope emerges: It is always possible to regain mental clarity no matter how severely confused a mind may have become.

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World Premiere
March 2007
Original Version
English, German (french/german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 98 min.
Production
maximage, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR
Producer
Cornelia Seitler, Brigitte Hofer
directed by
Edgar Hagen
Written by
Edgar Hagen
Cinemato­graphy
Eric Stitzel
Editing
Stephan Krumbiegel
Music
Tomek Kolczynski
Location Sound Mix
Thomas Gassmann, Matteo De Pellegrini

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
maximage

Worldwide Distribution

Austria
Polyfilm Verleih Distribution
Release date: 01.01.2008
Germany
Ventura Film Distribution
Release date: 01.02.2008
Switzerland
Look Now! Distribution
Release date: tba

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