Artist, anarchist, drop-out, paperless immigrant: Giovanni Segantini was all of this. He created, usually under the open sky, monumental, idealized alpine landscapes. In the course of his lifetime, he climbed ever higher in search of more light, finally dying at 41 in an Engadin alpine hut at 2700m. The film offers insight into his difficult childhood and boyhood, shares his inner processes and crises as a painter, as well as his contradictory dealings with motherly love and eroticism – and ultimately his desperate struggle against death…
Country: Switzerland
Year: 2015
Running time: 82'
Format: DCP
Genre: documentary
Cinematography: Pio Corradi
Editing: Annette Brütsch
Music: Paul Giger Marie-Louise Dähler
Produced by: Christian Labhart. Coproduzione: SRF SRG Urs Augstburger e Anita Hugi
Festival: Giovanni Segantini - magia della luce è stato un grande successo in Svizzera (dove ha registrato oltre 70mila spettatori), Germania e Austria (22mila spettatori). È stato premiato al Festival International du Film sur l'Art 2016 di Montréal per la Migliore Biografia. È stato invitato al Trento Film Festival 2016, ottenendo ottime recensioni.
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