The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy (2009)

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy (2009)

2009-01-21 Switzerland 87 Min. PG-13
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Overview

The incredible story of how the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man was discovered by a hunter in one of the most remote parts of the country. The dead man's detailed notes reveal that he actually committed suicide through self-imposed starvation only the summer before. Liechti's film is a stunning rapprochement of a fictional text, which itself is based upon a true event: a cinematic manifesto for life, challenged by the main character's radical renunciation of life itself.