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Paul Nizon Der Nagel im Kopf

Paul Nizon Der Nagel im Kopf – Scrittore Ribelle

Switzerland, January 2020
FILM, Documentary, 80 min.

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directed by
Christoph Kühn
Written by
Christoph Kühn
Status
In distribution

The film tells of the radical life-search by the Swiss writer Paul Nizon, born 1929 in Bern, Switzerland, who became what “he was meant to be” in Paris. Now 90-year-old, Paul Nizon grants insights into his life and work in a self-ironic, direct manner. The intimate portrait of a great literary outsider emerges, for whom the risk of life and the risk of writing merge into one and the same work of art.

Il film narra la radicale ricerca del senso della vita dello scrittore svizzero Paul Nizon, nato nel 1929 a Berna - che a Parigi divenne l'artista che «era destinato ad essere». Ora 90enne, ci fa entrare nella sua vita in modo autoironico e diretto. Emerge l’intimo ritratto di un grande artista, per il quale il rischio della vita e il rischio della scrittura si fondono in un'unica singolare opera d'arte.

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World Premiere
January 2020
Original Version
French (english/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 80 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-9A76-0000-R-0000-0000-U
Production
ventura film sa, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, SRG SSR
Producer
Andres Pfaeffli, Elda Guidinetti, Silvana Bezzola Rigolini
directed by
Christoph Kühn
Written by
Christoph Kühn
Cinemato­graphy
Stéphane Kuthy
Editing
Mehdi Sahebi
Sound Design
Jacques Kieffer
Re-Recording Mix
Jacques Kieffer
Music
Peter Scherer

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
ventura film sa

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Release date: 10.09.2020

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