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2010 | Color | 83 min

A documentary dedicated to Daniel Schmid, one of the most innovative directors of the 1970s and 1980s, who was born in 1941. During his childhood, he was inspired by his grandmother’s imaginative stories. At the same time, the lobby of his father’s hotel became the stage for his own storytelling – a passion which was to remain with him for the rest of his life.  This is a portrait of a man and his fantastical and extravagant style of making films.


Country: Suiza
Direction: Jaberg; Benny, Hoffman; Pascal
Script: Jaberg; Benny, Hoffman; Pascal
Production: Hoehn; Marcel
Photography: Zumbrunn; Filip
Sound: Brüngel; Christoph
Music: Scherer; Peter
Participation year at FICM: 2010

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