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The Short Life Of José Antonio Gutierrez

Das kurze Leben des José Antonio Gutierrez
La courte vie de José Antonio Gutierrez

Switzerland / Germany, January 2006
FILM, Documentary, 90 min.

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directed by
Heidi Specogna
Written by
Heidi Specogna, Erika Harzer
Status
In distribution
Website
www.antonio-derfilm.de

A few hours after the Iraq war started in March 2003, Antonio Gutierrez’ photo was sent around the world: the first fallen soldier on the American side, and he wasn’t even an American! In death Antonio’s dream finally came true: like 38,000 other non-American soldiers he had enlisted in the US army because of the promise of American citizenship. Now he received it posthumously. Heidi Specogna’s film tells the moving story of a former street kid from the slums of Guatemala, who made the long journey to the North. An idealistic young man who wasn’t an adventurer, but full of hope and longing for a better future, and who died an American hero.

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World Premiere
January 2006
Original Version
English, Spanish,  colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Production
PS Film GmbH, Tag/Traum GmbH Filmproduktion, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Producer
directed by
Heidi Specogna
Written by
Heidi Specogna, Erika Harzer
Cinemato­graphy
Rainer Hoffmann
Editing
Ursula Höf
Music
Hans Koch
Location Sound Mix
Paul Oberle

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
First Hand Films GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Canada
Atopia Distribution
Release date: tba
Germany
Peripher Filmverleih Distribution
Release date: tba
Greece
Artplex Attica Distribution
Release date: tba
Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution
Release date: tba

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