Archive of films Lucky Jack - Three Attempts to Stop Smoking / Hans im Glück - Drei Versuche, das Rauchen loszuwerden
Switzerland
2003, 88 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2004
Filmmaker Peter Liechti smoked for 30 long years. This film presents an unusual method of kicking the habit. With a backpack and a video camera he set out on a hike through eastern Switzerland. A tragicomic essay, the movie is dedicated to all smokers and all those addicted to anything whatsoever.
Synopsis
Filmmaker Peter Liechti smoked for 30 long years. This film presents an unusual method of kicking the habit. The determined man sets out on a hike from Zurich to his home town of St. Gallen, where he first fell victim to his addiction. He is prepared to repeat the journey (on foot and by rail) until he is successful; this happens the third time around. His original intention of discovering the source of his dependence through walking (and thereby beating it) gradually became a search for roots, for a lost dialogue with home and country. The director dedicated his “hikers’ road movie” to all smokers and all those addicted to anything whatsoever. This documentary journal, replete with self-irony, links shots of the journey – representing the restless view of the traveller – with archive footage (of parents; Siberia, Africa).
About the director
Peter Liechti (b. 1951, St. Gallen) studied art history at university in Zurich from 1971 to 1979, and is a certified drawing instructor. Since 1986 he has been a freelance filmmaker: screenwriter, cameraman and director. His films have taken awards at various festivals, including Locarno, Turin, Leipzig, Saarbrücken and Solothurn. Selected filmography: Ausflug ins Gebirge (1986), Kick That Habit (1989), A Hole in the Hat (1991), Martha’s Garden (1997), Lucky Jack- Three Attempts to Stop Smoking (2003), Namibia Crossings (2004).
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Swiss Films
Neugasse 6, CH - 8005, Zürich
Switzerland
Tel: +41 432 114 050
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.swissfilms.ch
Liechti Filmproduktion
Birmensdorferstrasse 51, 8003, Zürich
Switzerland
Tel: +41 1 242 6109
Fax: +41 1 242 6109
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.peterliechti.ch
Accent Films International
46, rue de la Gare, 1820, Montreux
Switzerland
Tel: +41 21 963 9300
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, 35 mm
| Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
|---|---|
| Director: | |
| Screenplay: | Peter Liechti |
| Dir. of Photography: | Peter Liechti |
| Music: | Norbert Möslang, Fredy Studer |
| Editor: | Tania Stöcklin |
| Producer: | Peter Liechti |
| Production: | Liechti Filmproduktion |
| Contact: | Swiss Films, Liechti Filmproduktion, Accent Films International |
| www: | www.peterliechti.ch//filmographie//hansimglück |
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