Hippie Masala

Switzerland, January 2006
FILM, Documentary, 93 min.

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directed by
Ulrich Grossenbacher, Damaris Lüthi
Written by
Damaris Lüthi
Status
In distribution

From the mid-1960s onwards thousands of western hippies and flower children moved to India in search of an alternative lifestyle, spiritual enlightenment and drug experimentation. Most returned after a few months or years, but some stayed forever. Filmmaker Grossenbacher meets some of these lifers, like Cesare, a cave-dwelling Yogi, still striving for spiritual liberation. Swiss Hanspeter runs a small farm in the Himalayas, but judging by the hash pipe permanently wedged between his lips, he is no traditionalist. Then there are the South African twins who get through the day with booze and by sewing hippie clothes for both the old and new generation of Goa freaks.

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World Premiere
January 2006
Original Version
English, Swiss-German (french/german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 93 min.
Production
Fair&Ugly Filmproduktion GmbH
Producer
directed by
Ulrich Grossenbacher, Damaris Lüthi
Written by
Damaris Lüthi
Cinemato­graphy
Ulrich Grossenbacher
Editing
Maya Schmid
Music
Matthias Gmünder, Sahlil Shankar
Location Sound Mix
Balthasar Jucker, Avesh Serge Valantin
Lighting Design
Ulrich Grossenbacher

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Fair&Ugly Filmproduktion GmbH

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