L'ombrello di Beatocello

Beatocello's Umbrella

Switzerland, April 2012
FILM, Documentary, 83 min.

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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.

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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

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