Beatocello's Umbrella ( L'ombrello di Beatocello )

Beatocello's Umbrella (DVD) (*)

~~$39.99~~ $33.97

Original Title: L'ombrello di Beatocello
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Switzerland ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
82 min + 35 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Georges Gachot

Written By:
Georges Gachot

Actors:
Beat Richner

Synopsis:

Swiss cellist and pediatrician Beat Richner has performed as the light-hearted musician 'Beatocello' for over 40 years, but recently he's combined his two professions to save lives in impoverished Cambodia. A film almost 20 years in the making, director George Gachot's (Rio Sonata) Beatocello documents Richner's work building Kantha Bopha, a network of five hospitals serving Cambodia's poor and youth, into an influential and modern medical facility, and how 'Beatocello' uniquely combines his gift of music and medical expertise to bring hope and joy to countless lives.

Since 1996 the film director has been following the story of doctor and cellist Beat Richner and his children's hospitals in Cambodia. In portraying this Swiss man, aged 64, the film returns to the origins of his inspiration, which were already present in his cabaret character 'Beatocello' in the 1970s when he was living in Zurich. A film about a life and an extraordinary voyage of 40 years, this documentary reveals a utopian artist who realized his visions by becoming a builder of hospitals in the land of the Khmer.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 17 August, 2013.