GURU

Switzerland, April 2010
FILM, Documentary, 98 min.

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directed by
Sabine Gisiger, Beat Häner
Written by
Sabine Gisiger, Beat Häner
Status
In distribution
Website
www.gurufilm.ch

At the beginning of the 1970s Hugh Milne listens to a cassette of the spiritual teacher, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and makes a trip from England to India in a search to find himself. Sheela Patel is taken by her father to meet the charismatic guru. Bhagwan urges his disciples to practice meditation and tantric sexuality. Hugh accompanies the rise of the guru while acting as his bodyguard. Sheela becomes the head of the model commune that springs to life in the 1980s in the mountains of Oregon. The dream ends as a nightmare, for Hugh in a nervous breakdown and for Sheela in prison. But the journey is not yet over.

credits

World Premiere
April 2010
Original Version
English (french/german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 98 min.
Production
Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Teleclub AG
Producer
Philip Delaquis
directed by
Sabine Gisiger, Beat Häner
Written by
Sabine Gisiger, Beat Häner
Cinemato­graphy
Beat Häner, Matthias Kälin
Editing
Barbara Weber
Sound Design
Roman Bergamin
Music
Marcel Vaid
Location Sound Mix
Martin Witz, Saul Rouda

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Magnetfilm GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Austria
Polyfilm Verleih Distribution
Release date: 08.10.2010
Germany
Pandora Film Verleih GmbH Distribution
Release date: 02.09.2010
Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution

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