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The Sound of Insects – The Record of a Mummy Directed by: Peter Liechti Production: Urs Augstburger, Switzerland 2009, 88 min SCREENINGS: 13 May 18.30 Meeting with the director 14 May 21.00 Meeting with the director 16 May 22.50
Selected festivals: 2009 – International Film Festival, Rotterdam; Visions du Réel International Film Festival, Nyon; HotDocs Canadian International Documentary Festival
According to the novel “miira ni narumade” by Shimada Masahiko. 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. Liechti's film is 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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