The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

Name: The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
Released: 2009
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 72.95454545454545
Cast: Alexander Tschernek

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Documentary / Experimental

Switzerland, 2009, 87 min

Directed by:

Peter Liechti

Based on:

Masahiko Shimada (book)

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A suggestive and original reconstruction of the last days of a mysterious man, whose body was discovered mummified in the midst of a forest. Who was this man? Why did he kill himself in one of the slowest ways possible – by starvation? This film by the Swiss filmmaker Peter Liechti was inspired by a true event and a novella by Masahiko Shimada. (4 živly)

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