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Where Are You, João Gilberto?

Wo bist du, João Gilberto?

Switzerland / Germany / France, April 2018
FILM, Documentary, 107 min.

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directed by
Georges Gachot
Written by
Georges Gachot, Paolo Poloni
Status
In distribution
Website
www.hobalala-film.com
Music

The film sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the last musical legend of our time, the founding father of Bossa Nova, Brazilian musician João Gilberto. Fischer described his journey in a book, Hobalala, but committed suicide one week before it was published. By taking up Marc Fischer’s quest, following his steps one by one, thanks to all the clues he left us, we pursue João Gilberto to understand the history, the very soul and essence of Bossa Nova. But who can tell whether we will meet him or not?

credits

World Premiere
April 2018
Original Version
French, English, Portuguese, German (french/english/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 107 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-B243-0000-D-0000-0000-Z
Production
Gachot Films, NEOS Film, Idéale Audience, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARTE, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
Georges Gachot, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Christoph Menardi, Andreas Atzwanger
directed by
Georges Gachot
Written by
Georges Gachot, Paolo Poloni
Cinemato­graphy
Stéphane Kuthy
Editing
Julie Pelat
Location Sound Mix
Balthasar Jucker
Sound Editing
Alex Rubin
Sound Design
Michael Kranz
Re-Recording Mix
Michael Kranz
Music
Donato João

Cast

Max Simonischek as voice

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
The Party Film Sales

Worldwide Distribution

Brazil
Imovision Distribution
China
Lemon Tree Media Company Limited Distribution & Distribution
Germany
Farbfilm Verleih GmbH Distribution
Release date: 04.10.2018
Hong Kong
Lemon Tree Media Company Limited Distribution
Japan
Mimosa Films Inc. Distribution
Release date: 24.08.2019
North Macedonia
KT Film & Media Distribution
Release date: 30.01.2020
Portugal
Medeia Filmes Distribution
Release date: 04.08.2019
Switzerland
Gachot Films Distribution
Release date: 13.09.2018

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