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The Sound Of Insects

Das Summen der Insekten – Bericht einer Mumie
Le chant des insectes – Rapport d'une momie
Il suono degli insetti – Storia di una mumia

Switzerland, January 2009
FILM, Documentary, 88 min.

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directed by
Peter Liechti
Written by
Peter Liechti
Status
In distribution
Website
www.peterliechti.ch/filme/mummy

Liechti's film tells the incredible story of how the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man was discovered by a hunter in one of the most remote parts of the country. The dead man's detailed notes reveal that he actually committed suicide through self-imposed starvation only the summer before. A stunning rapprochement of a fictional text, which itself is based upon a true event: a cinematic manifesto for life, challenged by the main character's radical renunciation of life itself.

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World Premiere
January 2009
Original Version
German,  colour und s/w, 35mm, 88 min.
Production
Liechti Filmproduktion GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
Peter Liechti
directed by
Peter Liechti
Written by
Peter Liechti (based on a novel by Shimada Masahiko)
Cinemato­graphy
Matthias Kälin, Peter Liechti, Peter Guyer
Editing
Tania Stöcklin
Sound Editing
Christian Beusch
Re-Recording Mix
Christian Beusch
Music
Norbert Möslang, Christoph Homberger
Location Sound Mix
Balthasar Jucker

Cast

Peter Mettler as english narrator
Alexander Tschernek as german narrator

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Liechti Filmproduktion GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Belgium
Lichtpunt TV Rights
Canada
Kino Lorber Inc. Distribution
Germany
Film Kino Text Distribution
Release date: 06.05.2010
Netherlands
Dutch Filmmuseum Distribution
Release date: 24.12.2009
Poland
Against Gravity Distribution
Release date: 30.10.2009
Slovenia
Televizija Slovenija TV Rights
Switzerland
Look Now! Distribution
Release date: 24.09.2009

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