Scene from the film Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Scene from the film Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Scene from the film Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Scene from the film Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Scene from the film Happiness Is A Warm Gun
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Happiness Is A Warm Gun

Direction
Year 
2001
Country
  • Switzerland
Duration
90min 
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Subtitles 

Petra, the 1980's “green queen” and peace activist, is shot in her sleep by her lover and political ally, former West German army general Gert. He kills himself shortly afterwards. Was it murder, or did she want that shot? What happens to Petra, from the time Gert’s bullet enters her skull to the moment it lodges in her brain and she dies? She experiences a flash-forward to the present time and wakes up in the glassy transit zone of an international airport. On her trip through this modern purgatory Petra struggles to unravel the meaning of the shot together with Gert and other figures from her life. In the explosive moment between life and death, she recognizes the force of her most absolute desires.

Details

  • Original title
    Happiness Is A Warm Gun
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Thomas Imbach, Peter Purtschert, Jürg Hassler
  • DOP
    Jürg Hassler, Thomas Imbach
  • Editing
    Thomas Imbach, Jürg Hassler
  • Music
    Peter Bräker
  • Sound
    Thomas Imbach, Peter Bräker
  • Duration
    90 min (46-90 min.)
  • Year
    2001
  • Country
    • Switzerland
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Festivals
    • Locarno, 54. Festival internazionale del film Locarno 2001
    • Berlinale 2002
    • Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2002
    • Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente 2011
    • Cairo International Film Festival 2002
  • Awards
    • Locarno International Film Festival Nominated, Golden Leopard 2001
    • Zurich Film Prize 2001

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