This film is not a classic portrait but a documentary using fiction to bring Martin Suter's novels to life while introducing us to the author behind the stories on a whole new level. "Fantasy is usually more true than reality itself," says Suter. He strolls through his stories, cinematically and aesthetically impressively staged, exposing his protagonists and their secrets - and especially his own private cosmos: a world drenched in contradictions and marked by an addiction to stories. "Writing is much about omitting things," says the Swiss bestselling author. This film reveals everything about Martin Suter - everything but the truth.
Genre: Cinema/TV-Documentary
Shooting: July 2020 until January 2022
Duration: ca. 90 Min.
Languages: ch, de
Distribution: DCM Distribution
Switzerland: Zürcher Filmstiftung, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR ARTE, Bundesamt für Kultur, Kulturstiftung UBS, Kulturförderung Kanton St. Gallen, FONDATION SUISA
Germany: Media Development, FFA, DFFF, DCM Distribution
Production: Filmgerberei GmbH
Producers: Flavio Gerber & Nadine Lüchinger
Coproduction: Florianfilm GmbH (Köln), SRG SSR ARTE
Written and directed: André Schäfer
DOP: Andi Widmer
Gaffer: Kim Allamand
Sound: Reto Stamm und Kurt Human
Setdesign: Jessica Schmid
Costumes: Madleina von Reding
Editor: Fritz Busse
Sound Design: Gina Keller
Music: Martin Skalsky in cooperation with Michael Duss
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