The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
2008 · Documentary · 87 min. · Switzerland
A hunter in a remote and idyllic forest stumbles on a make shift tent fashioned from sheets of plastic and containing the mummified remains of a corpse. A detailed journal found on site reveals the man committed suicide by self-imposed starvation. Who was this man? Why did he kill himself in such a manner? Inspired by this true event and by the novella 'Until I Am a Mummy' by Shimada Masahiko, Insects sensuously evokes the mysterious man's last days.
Direction Peter Liechti
Soundtrack Christoph Homberger · Norbert Möslang · Martin Schütz
Screenplay Peter Liechti · Masahiko Shimada
Cinematography Matthias Kälin · Peter Liechti
Original title Das Summen der Insekten – Bericht einer Mumie (The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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