My Life as A Film: How My Father Tried To Capture Happiness ( Das Leben drehen - wie mein Vater versuchte, das Glück festzuhalten )

My Life as A Film: How My Father Tried To Capture Happiness (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Das Leben drehen - wie mein Vater versuchte, das Glück festzuhalten
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Switzerland ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
77 min + 2 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2015 and produced in:
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Eva Vitija-Scheidegger

Written By:
Eva Vitija-Scheidegger

Actors:
Eva Vitija-Scheidegger ..... Herself, also narrator
Joseph Scheidegger ..... Himself (archive footage)
Claudia Freund ..... Herself
Kaspar Scheidegger ..... Himself, Eva Vitija's brother
Dominique Scheidegger ..... Himself, Eva Vitija's stepbrother
Cornelia Bernoulli ..... Herself
Antoinette Poli ..... Herself

Synopsis:

When Eva Vitija came of age, her father gave her a feature-length film about her life. It infuriated her, because she had attempted to get away from his camera all her childhood. Her father, filmmaker Joschy Scheidegger, documented his family obsessively. It was only when he died that Eva was impelled to take over not only his extensive film archive, but also his camera. «My Life as a Film» is a personal search for the difficult yet healing truths hidden behind her father's pictures. Through her film Eva Vitija gives her past back that element of intimacy that her father's camera seems to have stolen from her, re-establishes the bond that tied her not only to him but also and above all to herself. A surprising and philosophical family story about filming and the attempt to capture life. A powerful debut film with unexpectedly universal appeal that doesn't shy away from portraying the small and big flaws that make us human.

A woman struggles to come to terms with her filmmaker father's obsessive documentation of family life.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 22 May, 2017.

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