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.
- 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.
credits
- 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
Awards
(a selection)
- Montreal, RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, Grand Prix Caméra-Stylo 2009 (Winner)
- Warsaw, Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Millenium Award 2009 (Winner)
-
Luzern, Bundesamt für Kultur,
Swiss Film Award «Quartz», Best Film Score
2010
(Winner)
Norbert Möslang - Bochum, European Film Academy e.V., European Documentary Film Award - Prix Arte 2009 (Winner)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2009 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Linz, 21st Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz
30.04.2024 - 05.05.2024 -
Solothurn, 49. Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2014 - 30.01.2014 -
Leipzig, 56. Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
28.10.2013 - 03.11.2013 -
Wroclaw, 12th New Horizons International Film Festival Wroclaw
19.07.2012 - 29.07.2012 -
10. Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival Prizren
23.07.2011 - 31.07.2011 -
World Film Festival of Bangkok
05.11.2010 - 14.11.2010 -
14e Festival Les Ecrans Documentaires Arceuil
29.10.2010 - 07.11.2010 -
Kos, 2nd Kos International Health Film Festival
01.09.2010 - 06.09.2010 -
Cape Town, Encounters International Documentary Film Festival Cape Town
12.08.2010 - 29.08.2010 -
La Rochelle, 38e Festival International du Film de La Rochelle
02.07.2010 - 11.07.2010
-
Munich, 25. Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München
05.05.2010 - 12.05.2010 -
Lisbon, 7th International Independant Film Festival Lisboa
22.04.2010 - 02.05.2010 -
Buenos Aires, 12° Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente
07.04.2010 - 18.04.2010 -
Paris, 8e Festival international Signes de Nuit Paris
29.03.2010 - 11.04.2010 -
Austin, South By Southwest Film Festival
12.03.2010 - 20.03.2010 -
Gothenburg, 33rd Göteborg International Film Festival
29.01.2010 - 08.02.2010 -
Helsinki, DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
26.01.2010 - 31.01.2010 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2010 - 28.01.2010 -
Montreal, 12e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal
11.11.2009 - 21.11.2009 -
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest
10.11.2009 - 15.11.2009 -
Copenhagen, CPH:DOX Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival
06.11.2009 - 15.11.2009 -
Leeds, 23rd Leeds International Film Festival
04.11.2009 - 15.11.2009 -
Leipzig, 52. Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
26.10.2009 - 01.11.2009 -
Vienna, Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival
22.10.2009 - 04.11.2009 -
Bergen internasjonale filmfestival (BIFF)
21.10.2009 - 28.10.2009 -
Vancouver, 28th Vancouver International Film Festival
01.10.2009 - 16.10.2009 -
SANFIC 5 Santiago Festival internacional de Cine
18.08.2009 - 24.08.2009 -
Wroclaw, 9. Era New Horizons International Film Festival Wroclaw
23.07.2009 - 02.08.2009 -
Jerusalem Film Festival
09.07.2009 - 18.07.2009 -
Karlovy Vary, 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
03.07.2009 - 11.07.2009 -
La Rochelle, 37e Festival International du Film de La Rochelle
26.06.2009 - 06.07.2009 -
Washington, 7th Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival Washington
15.06.2009 - 22.06.2009 -
Grimstad, 32. Norwegian Int. Short Film Festival
10.06.2009 - 15.06.2009 -
Warsaw, 6th Planete Doc Review Film Festival Warszawa
08.05.2009 - 17.05.2009 -
Toronto, 16th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
30.04.2009 - 10.05.2009 -
Nyon, 15e Visions du Réel - Festival international
23.04.2009 - 29.04.2009 -
Rotterdam, 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam
21.01.2009 - 01.02.2009