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The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

Original title: Das Summen der Insekten – Bericht einer Mumie (The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy)
Year: 2008
Running time: 87 min.
Country: Switzerland
Director: Peter Liechti
Screenwriter: Peter Liechti. Novel: Masahiko Shimada
Cast: Documentary
Music: Christoph Homberger, Norbert Möslang, Martin Schütz
Cinematography: Matthias Kälin, Peter Liechti
Producer: Liechti Filmproduktion
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: A hunter in a remote and idyllic forest stumbles on a make shift tent fashioned from sheets of plastic and containing the mummified remains of a corpse. A detailed journal found on site reveals the man committed suicide by self-imposed starvation. Who was this man? Why did he kill himself in such a manner? Inspired by this true event and by the novella 'Until I Am a Mummy' by Shimada Masahiko, Insects sensuously evokes the mysterious man's last days.

Awards: 2009: European Film Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

2009: Swiss Film Awards: Best Film Score. 2 Nominations

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The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

2008

Peter Liechti