Halleluja! der Herr ist verrückt
Halleluja! The Lord is Mad
Alléluia! le Seigneur est cinglé
Switzerland, April 2004
FILM,
Documentary,
87 min.
- directed by
- Alfredo Knuchel
- Written by
- Alfredo Knuchel
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.alfilm.ch
This documentary introduces six present day artists who follow in the artistic footsteps of their famous predecessor Adolf Wölfi. Considered as one of the pillars of Art Brut, Wölfi lived in the former Waldau mental clinic near Berne from 1895 until his death in 1930. The present-day clinic has since become the University of Psychiatric Services UPD Berne and houses one of the world's most famous collections of artwork by psychiatric patients from the last century. To this day, it upholds its tradition of according patients the space to explore artistic freedom. Using the Museum of Psychiatry's collection as a basis, the film offers a compelling view of art and the human mind.
Adolf Wölfli, il celebre rappresentante dell’Art Brut, ha vissuto, tra il 1895 e la morte, nel 1930, nell’antico manicomio di Waldau, vicino a Berna, successivamente trasformato nella moderna clinica psichiatrica UPD Waldau. Questa clinica ospita una delle più note raccolte di arte psichiatrica degli ultimi secoli, mantenendo viva la tradizione che consiste nel concedere ai pazienti degli spazi di espressione artistica. Prendendo le mosse da Wölfli e dalla collezione del museo psichiatrico, il film presenta cinque pittori e una pittrice viventi, che si sono avvalsi di questa possibilità, forgiandosi una forte identità artistica.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2004
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, colour, 35mm, 87 min.
- Production
- Alfredo Knuchel, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- directed by
- Alfredo Knuchel
- Written by
- Alfredo Knuchel
- Cinematography
- Peter Guyer, Norbert Wiedmer
- Editing
- Stefan Kälin
- Music
- Mischa Käser
- Location Sound Mix
- Balthasar Jucker, Alain Roulet
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Alfredo Knuchel
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Frenetic Films
Distribution
Release date: tba
Awards
(a selection)
- Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2005 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Der Neue Heimatfilm
24.08.2005 - 28.08.2005 -
Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
17.01.2005 - 23.01.2005 -
Locarno, 57. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
04.08.2004 - 14.08.2004 -
Sunny Side of the Doc
19.06.2004 - 22.06.2004 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2004 - 25.01.2004